WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ashoka left his mark on history by erecting large stone pillars inscribed with edicts that he issued. After leading a bloody campaign against Kalinga (a region on the central-eastern coast of India), Ashoka reevaluated his commitment to expanding the empire and instead turned to Buddhism and its tenet of nonviolence.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The first Mauryan ruler to fully embrace Buddhism was the 3rd-century BCE emperor Ashoka (sometimes spelled Asoka).

Detailed explanation-3: -Ashoka was the son of the second Mauryan emperor Bindusara and grandson of the first Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is Jainism. Chandragupta Maurya: The Mauryan dynasty was founded by Chandragupta Maurya with the assistance of Chanakya/Kautilya. According to Jain texts, Chandragupta Maurya adopted Jainism and went to the hills of Shravanabelagola (near Mysore) and committed Sallekhana (death by slow starvation).