HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION PREHISTORY300 BC
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Question
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He was very intolerant of people who practiced other religions.
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Indians believe he was one of their greatest leaders.
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He conquered most of India.
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He adopted Buddhism after a great battle during which 100, 000 people died.
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Detailed explanation-1: -When he converted to Buddhism, he became a tolerant ruler who decreed that people of all religions should live peacefully with one another. He improved roads, built hospitals, and sent teachers throughout the empire to encourage education and spread the ideas of Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Ashoka was a unique ruler due to following reasons: He was the king who gave up war after winning the war of Kalinga. He was the first ruler who took his message to the people through inscriptions on rocks and pillars, written in the Brahmi script.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a Buddhist emperor, Ashoka believed that Buddhism is beneficial for all human beings, as well as animals and plants, so he built a number of stupas. He also well spread Buddhism to neighboring kingdoms.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Maurya and Gupta empires, the Indian culture and way of life were deeply influenced by Hinduism. Hinduism reinforced a strict social hierarchy called a caste system that made it nearly impossible for people to move outside of their social station.