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Asoka
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A·so·ka  (-sk, -sh-) Known as "the Great." Died 232 b.c.
King of Magadha (273-232) who united most of the Indian subcontinent under one rule and was converted to Buddhism, adopting it as the state religion.
Asoka [əˈsəʊkə əˈʃəʊ-]
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(Biographies / Asoka (death date: 232 bc), Indian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died 232 bc, Indian emperor (?273-232 bc), who elevated Buddhism to the official state religion
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The festival which spins around the theme of "War to Peace," has an apt venue as it was at the Dhauli hills that the legendary Indian Emperor Ashoka the Great fought his last and most gruesome war before forsaking the battleground forever, converting to Buddhism and turning into an apostle of peace.
Fusion of martial arts and dance at Kalinga festival by Asian News International
Just as Ashoka the Great was not driven by any religious zeal when he painted Kalinga red with the blood of its people, Muslim conquerors were not on a proselytizing mission.
Muslims fail to address the world's ignorance of their faith by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
The four-storey pagoda, which is almost four feet high and one-and-a-half feet wide, is thought by archaeologists to be one of the 84,000 pagodas commissioned by Ashoka the Great in the second century BC to house the remains of the Buddha.
Buddha's skull found in 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda in China by Asian News International
 
 
 
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