HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
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Which king eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism?
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Ashoka
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Chandra Gupta Maurya
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Krishna
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 260 BCE, King Ashoka adopted Buddhism after a violent war against the feudal state of Kalinga. He wanted to renounce violence and publicly turned to Buddhism in order to achieve this.
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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