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ASHOKA The great
- 1. POORNA PRAJNA PUBLIC SCHOOL Class=6D Teammembers Dhruv Mehlawat Aryan Sharma Yash Sherawat Atharv Yandagni Vivek Sharma Sujal Tanwar
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- 3. ASHOKA THE GREAT •Ashoka's name "Aśoka" means "painless, without sorrow" in Sanskrit (the aprivativum and śoka "pain, distress"). In his edicts, he is referred to as Devānāmpriya (Pali Devānaṃpiya or "The Beloved of the Gods"), and Priyadarśin (Pali Piyadasī or "He who regards everyone with affection"). His fondness for his name's connection to the Saraca asoca tree, or the "Ashoka tree" is also referenced in the Ashokavadana.
- 4. ASHOKA THE GREAT Symbol Ashoka(IAST: Aśoka; English pronunciation: /əˈʃoʊkə/; died 232 BCE) was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to the modern state of Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except parts of present-day Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Bihar), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.
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- 6. ASHOKA’S Father Bindusara • Bindusara(r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of India. He was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta, and the father of its most famous ruler Ashoka. Bindusara's life is not documented as well as the lives of these two kings: much of the information about him comes from legendary accounts written several hundred years after his death. • Bindusara consolidated the empire created by his father. The 16th century Tibetan Buddhist author Taranatha credits his administration with extensive territorial conquests in southern India, but some historians doubt the historical authenticity of this claim.
- 7. ASHOKA’S Mother Subhadrangi • Subhadrangi(also known as Dharma or Janapadakalyani) was, according to Buddhist sources, a wife of the Mauryan emperor, Bindusara and the mother of his successor, Ashoka. The Ashokavadana states that Subhadrangi was the daughter of a Brahmin from the city of Champa. The legends state that palace politics kept her away from Bindusara and when she finally gained access to him and bore him a son, she is said to have exclaimed, "I am now without sorrow", which led to the child being named Ashoka. The name of her second son, Vitashoka (meaning sorrow terminated) has a similar provenance.
- 8. ASHOKA’S Wife • Devi(full name: Vedisa-Mahadevi Sakyakumari) was, according to the Ceylonese chronicles, the first wife of the third Mauryan emperor Ashoka. She was also the mother of Ashoka's first two children—his son, Mahendra, and daughter, Sanghamitra—both of whom played important roles in the spread of Buddhism to other countries. She is also remembered for the Sanchi Stupa.
- 9. BATTLE OF ASHOKA KalingaWar The Kalinga War was fought between the Maurya Empire with Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located on the coast of the present- day Indian state of Odisha and northern parts of Andhra Pradesh. There is no historical evidence on the name of the king who fought Ashoka. The Kalinga war, the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to throne, is one of the major and bloodiest battles in world history. Kalinga, then an Independent region put up a stiff resistance against brutal strength of Ashoka and fought bravely till the end. But despite being tough, they were outnumbered against Ashoka's armies. The bloodshed of this war is said to have prompted Ashoka to adopt Buddhism. However, he retained Kalinga after its conquest and incorporated it into the Maurya Empire.
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