HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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loss of the Maurya empire
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His relationship with his father
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war with Kalinga
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teachings of Buddhism.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What made Ashoka turn away from war and seek peaceful ways to rule? Ashoka saw the suffering and death caused by the war with Kalinga and began to question the methods he used to gain power and turn to the teaching of Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to the thirteenth Major Rock edict of Ashoka, the Kalinga War prompted him, to devote the rest of his life to ahimsa (non-violence) and dhamma-vijaya (victory through dharma).
Detailed explanation-3: -Ashoka attacked Kalinga in order to further expand the Mauryan empire. Kalinga also had valuable ports which served as a gateway to trade with the far east. Above all, his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya had tried and failed to conquer Kalinga years before, so Ashoka wanted to succeed where his grandfather had failed.
Detailed explanation-4: -The furious Ruler Ashoka was changed into a calm and peaceful emperor after the bloody war with Kalinga, and he became a Buddhist patron. According to A. L. Basham, a notable Indologist, Ashoka’s personal faith became Buddhism after the Kalinga War, if not earlier.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Kalinga war was fought between Ashoka and Raja Anantha Padmanabha in the year 261 BCE.