RELIGIONS
HINDUISM
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Question
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Asoka practiced the ____ religion.
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Buddhist
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Hindu
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Jainism
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Islam
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Who was Ashoka? 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-2: -Ashoka made Buddhism the state religion around 260 B.C He was the third ruler of the Maurya Dynasty and ruled almost the entire Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
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