GOOD AFTERNOON.
social club activity. About the king ashoka Class- 6.
school name : Rainbow group of schools branch : CHANDANaGAR.
About the king ashoka. Ashoka the great was an Indian emperor of the I ndian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism across ancient A sia. Considered by many to be one of I ndian’s greatest emperors, A shoka expanded Chandra’s empire to religious over territory stretching from present day Afghanistan in the west to present day Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire I ndian subcontinent except for parts of present day T amil nadu Karnataka and K erala. The empire’s capital was P ataliputra in Magadha, present day P antna with P rovinicail capitals at T akshashila [later T axils ] and Ujjain..
About the kalinga war. The K alinga war [ended c. 261 BCE] was fought in ancient I ndia between the M aurya empire under ashoka ant the state of K alinga ,an independent feudal kingdom located on the east costal, in the present day state of Odisha and nothren part of Andhra pradhesh . It is presumed that the battle as fought on D hauli hills in D hauli which is suiated on the banks of D aya river. The K alinga war was one of the largest and deadlist battle in I ndian history . Kalinga did not have a king as it was culturally run without one.this is the only major war A shoka fought after his accession to the thorn. This war marks the close of empire-building and military coquests of ancient I ndia that began with the M auryan king bindusara ..
How did ashoka change after kalinga war. According to legend, when Ashoka went out to walk the city after the conflict ended, all he saw were burned houses and scattered dead. The furious Ruler Ashoka was changed into a calm and peaceful emperor after the bloody war with Kalinga , and he became a Buddhist patron. According to A. L. Basham, a notable Indologist , Ashoka's personal faith became Buddhism after the Kalinga War, if not earlier. According to Basham, however, Ashoka's officially propagated Dharma was not Buddhism at all. None the less , his encouragement resulted in the spread of Buddhism throughout the Mauryan empire and other nations throughout his reigious , as well as internationally beginning around 250 BCE..
Dharma was not a particular religious faith or practice, or an arbitrary formulated royal policy. [8] Dharma related to generalized norms of social behavior and activities; Ashoka the great tried to synthesize various social norms which were current in his time. It cannot be understood by assuming it is one of the various religions that existed at that time. To understand why and how Ashoka the great formulated Dharma and its meaning, one must understand the characteristics of the time in which he lived and to refer to Buddhist , Brahmanical and other texts where norms of social behavior are explained. [9] [10].
PP T presentation by chadwick kumar. Rainbow group of schools.