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ANCIENT INDIA

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Which sentences best support the topic sentence, “King Ashoka initiated a major religious change in Ancient India”? “[1] The Battle of Kalinga was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Indian subcontinent. [2] Led by Ashoka, Kalinga was plundered and destroyed. [3] Over 100, 000 people were killed on the Kalinga side. [4] King Ashoka switched to Buddhism after seeing the destruction that Mauryan expansion caused. [5] From that point, he strived to maintain Buddhist values of love, peace and nonviolence”
A
Sentence 1 & 2
B
Sentence 3 & 4
C
Sentence 4 & 5
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Siddhartha Gautama’s followers were called Buddhists. After becoming a king, Asoka became a Buddhist. Asoka’s conversion to Buddhism may have influenced the way he chose to rule his kingdom. In the Mauryan Empire, the king’s word was law.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -He ruled the empire from about 269 to 232 B.C.E. During the early part of his reign, Ashoka expanded the empire to the south and east through a series of wars. Then, after one especially brutal battle, he made his decision to reject violence. Ashoka decided to embrace Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-4: -On the other hand, the Sri Lankan tradition suggests that Ashoka was already a devoted Buddhist by his 8th regnal year, converted to Buddhism during his 4th regnal year, and constructed 84, 000 viharas during his 5th–7th regnal years. The Buddhist legends make no mention of the Kalinga campaign.

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