HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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This king rejected violence and embrace Buddhism.
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Krishna
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Chandragupta
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Lakshmi
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Ashoka
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Upset with his violent conquests that killed hundreds of thousands, the Indian king Ashoka embraced Buddhism and treated his subjects humanely. Emperor Ashoka is credited with remaking the Mauyran Dynasty from a war machine into a society of tolerance and nonviolence, based on Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under Ashoka, Mauryan Empire reached its climax. For the first time, the whole Indian subcontinent, leaving out the extreme south, was under imperial control. It helped in political unification of India as a Nation. Ashoka was also instrumental in establishing Buddhism as a world religion.
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