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Samrat Ashok Life History .

Samrat Ashok Life History 

Story of emperor ashoka

In the latter part of his life, Ashok became a Buddhist, influenced by the humanistic teachings of Tathagata Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) and in his memory, he erected a pillar which still stands today in Nepal near his birthplace, Lumbini, the Ashoka Pillar near the Mayadevi temple. Can be seen as He spread the Buddhism in Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, West Asia, Egypt and Greece apart from India.

Kalinga state (Kalinga) which is present day Odisha, when Ashoka invaded and when he saw the great outbreak and destruction of that war, his mind melted and his heart changed. Ashoka's life time is said to be a very glorious time in India history.

Emperor Ashoka's childhood and early life

Ashoka was born in 304 ISA East (B.C), Patliputra, which is today Patna. Ashoka Maurya was the son of Raza Bindusara and Rani Dharma, the second king of the Emperor Maurya dynasty. According to the tradition of Lanka, Bindusara had 16 daughters and 101 sons. Only three names are mentioned among the sons, those being - Susim who was the eldest, Ashoka and Tishya.
Being a dynastic family, Emperor Ashoka was involved in the war since childhood. At the same time, he was also very accomplished in fencing and hunting. It is said that he had such a force that he had the ability to kill a lion with the help of a wooden stick.

Emperor Ashoka's reign Reign of Samrat Ashoka in Hindi
The great emperor Ashoka is considered a fearless, but very merciless king. He was deputed to stop the riots in Avanti province. He was appointed Viceroy of Avanti Province in 286 BC after suppressing the rebellion in Ujjain.
Father Bindusara helped Ashoka to help his successor son Susim in a rebellion suppression. Ashoka was also successful in this and for this reason he also became Viceroy of Taksila.
272 In the past, Ashoka's father Bindusara died, followed by a fierce battle between Ashoka and his half-brothers for two years. Two Buddhist texts; According to Dipavasana and Mahavasana, Ashoka killed 99 of his brothers to occupy the throne and only left Vittashok.
At the same time, Ashoka ascended the throne in 272 ISA, but his coronation took place in 269 ISA and he became the third emperor of the Maurya Empire.
During his reign, he fought for 8 consecutive years to extend his empire to all the subcontinent of India.
Krishna also took possession of the Godavari valley, south of Mysore, but could not conquer Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka.
100,000 soldiers and people died in the Khuni war on Kalinga. After the death of such a large number of people, Emperor Ashoka had a change of mind and he vowed that he would never fight in life anymore.
After that incident, Emperor Ashoka chose the path of peace and vigorously propagated Buddhism and ideas all over the world. Samrat Ashok also promoted Buddhism in Afghanistan, Syria, Persia, Greece, Italy, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Cambodia, Laos and Burma.

Kalinga war

Ashoka the Great invaded Kalinga region in 261 ISA to expand his kingdom and he also succeeded. After seeing the destruction / destruction in this war, Ashoka's heart was very hurt. Emperor Ashoka had a change of heart while seeing people's homes crumbling, seeing the death of young children and being separated from the people of his family.

Achievements of Samrat Ashok

It is said that in South Asia and Central Asia, Emperor Ashoka built a total of 84000 stupas to store the remains of Lord Buddha.
His "Ashoka Chakra", which was also called the circle of religion, is present in the middle of the tricolor of today's India.
40-50 feet high across all the borders of the Mauryan Empire. The Ashoka Pillar is founded by Ashoka.
Ashoka had also built the Lion Capital of Samrat Ashoka, standing four back and forth together, which is a state symbol of India to this day. You can see this idol at the Sarnath Museum in India.

 Samrat Ashok Personal Life .

Some things related to personal life and heritage from Emperor Ashok
When Emperor Ashoka stayed away from the enmity of his brothers, he fell in love with Rani Kaurvaki and eventually got married.
While in Ujjain he was treating his wounds, he met Vidisha's "Vidisha Mahadevi Sakya Kumari", whom Samrat Ashok married. Later they also had two children, Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra who later helped Ashoka to propagate Buddhism in Ceylon, which is known today as Sri Lanka.
Emperor Ashoka inspired people all over the world towards Buddhist religion.
He died in 232 ISA earlier at the age of 72 as a peace and kind king.

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