Chakravarty Samrat Ashok प्रियदर्शी सम्र

A Special Feature on Priyadarshi Samrat Ashok Ashoka the Great (r. 268-232 BCE) was the third king of the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE), best known for his development of the concept of dhamma (pious social conduct), and promotion of Buddhism as well as his effective reign of a nearly pan-Indian political entity. At its height, under Ashoka, the Mauryan Empire stretched from modern-day Iran through almost the entirety of the Indian subcontinent. Ashoka was able to rule this vast empire