Samrat Ashoka the king of largest empire of India

The name of Emperor Ashoka is counted among the greatest persons of the world. Samrat Ashoka has a great history and built thousands of Stupas and Stambas which is proof has his golden era.

Samrat Ashoka the king of the largest empire of India

At the time of Ashoka, the Maurya state had reached the north from the ranges of Hindukush in the north to the south of the Godavari river in the south and Mysore, Karnataka and east to Bengal in the west. It was the largest Indian empire until then. Ashok the Great also promoted Buddhism in India besides Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, West Asia, Egypt, and Greece. Bindusara's 16 Pattani and 101 sons are mentioned. Among them, Susim was Ashoka's eldest brother. Tishya was the half-brother of Ashok and the youngest amongst all. After a civil war with the brothers, Ashoka got the throne.

How Ashoka becomes the king of Maurya Empire

Sushim was the eldest son of Bindusara, but he was unable to suppress the insurrection in Takshshila only during Bindusara's reign. Bindusara sent Ashok to Takshshila.
 Ashok succeeded in establishing peace there. Ashoka was successful in administrative work only during his father's reign. When 273 BC As ill in Bindar.
Ashok was a good leader of Ujjain. On hearing the father's illness, he left for Pataliputra but on the way, Ashok got the news of the death of father Bindusara. By reaching Pataliputra, he had to face those people who did not like him. Ashoka was too far from succession due to lack of Yuvraj. But the qualification of Ashoka meant that Ashoka was a better successor. Many people were also in favor of Ashok. with the help of supporters and after a stringent struggle of four years, 269 BC Ashoka was formally enthroned.
 Ashoka who introduced the sacrifice, charity, and generosity in the administrative field and inspired the human to raise the moral level, he does not get to see anywhere else in world history. Ashok made many improvements to run the governance smoothly and appointed many Dharma-Mahapatra. Asoka considered his people as his offspring. Samrat Ashoka appointed provincial princes for the public interest. It is clear from Ashoka's sixth article that he was an efficient administrator. His message was

प्रत्येक समय मैं चाहे भोजन कर रहा हूँ या शयनागार में हूँ, प्रतिवेदक प्रजा की स्थिति से मुझे अवगत करें। मैं सर्वत्र कार्य करूंगा प्रजा हित मेरा कर्तव्य है और इसका मूल उद्योग तथा कार्य तत्परता है

War of Kaling

The massacre of the Kalinga war and the woes of the victorious country's people shocked Ashok's conscience. In the end, Ashoka attacked the Kalingaites and kept them completely crushed.
 In the words of Maurya Emperor, '150,000 people were displaced due to this fight, 100,000 people were killed and it was destroyed many times ...' The annihilation of the war made the emperor mournful and he was attracted to Buddhist ideology in an attempt to atone.
There is no doubt that like his ancestors, Ashoka was also a follower of Vedic religion. According to Kalhan's 'Rajatarangini', Ashtar's Ishtadev was Shiva, but Ashoka wanted peace and salvation after the war, and in that period Buddhism was at its peak.

Samrat Ashoka's work for Buddhism

All Buddhist texts refer to Ashoka as a follower of Buddhism. The strong proof of Ashoka being a Buddhist is his record. In the miniature inscriptions related to the coronation, 

Ashoka called himself 'Buddha Shakya'. In the Bhabru short inscription, Ashoka calls for faith in the Triratna-Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha and asks the monks and monks to study and listen to some Buddhist texts. 

The short inscription also shows that in the 10th year of coronation,
Ashoka visited Bodh Gaya, the 12th year he went to Nigali Sagar and doubled the size of the Stupa of Kogan Buddha.

 According to Mahavansh and Deepavish, he convened a third Buddhist musical gathering and successfully with the help of Moggaliputta Tisas, made a successful effort to bring discipline and unity into the union.

Facts about Samrat Ashoka

• Ashok's full name was "Ashok Vardhan Maurya". Ashoka means - without any grief means that there is no pain if there is no sorrow.
• Ashoka later took the title of "Devanampiya Piyadasi" meaning "God of love and love for the gods".
• The killing of his brothers, including the murder of Sushim, the eldest brother and the successor of Bindusara; Due to Ashoka, there was also a name named Chanda Ashoka. Which means berham or ruthless Ashoka
• It is believed that Ashoka did not kill all of his brothers, and many brothers, including a younger brother named Tishi, gave him the control of several provinces of the Magadha Empire.
• At the age of 18, Ashoka was appointed Viceroy of Ujjain, a province of Avanti.
• Ashoka's first wife, Devi, was the daughter of a Buddhist trader. Asoka received son Mahindra and daughter Sanghamitra. Goddess never visited the capital Pataliputra.
• Mahendra and Sanghamitra are considered responsible for the propagation of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.
• After pressing the rebellion of Takshshila, the possibility of becoming Ashoka's next king increased, causing a disturbance, the elder brother Sushim gave him a two-year country by King Bindusara.
• Meanwhile, Ashole met a fisherman's daughter Karunavaki and got married to him. From this marriage, he is the son of Tiwala. Only the name of this queen is found in inscriptions.
• The name of Ashoka's queen was the name of Anandhamitra, who was from a princely state and her whole life was becoming the chief queen. However, Ashoka had no children from this queen.
• Chakravarti Emperor Ashoka's rule was 40 years old, while his father's Shashan was 25 years old and the Shashan period of Chandra Gupta Maurya, the first emperor of the Maurya dynasty, was 24 years old.
• The death of more than 1 lakh people in Kalinga's war shocked Ashoka and from then on he started looking for peace and gradually adopted Buddhism.
• It is believed that Ashoka was worshiping Lord Shiva before adopting Buddhism.
• Ashoka believed that Buddhism is not only for humans but also for animals and trees, and he sent his missionaries to Sri Lanka, Nepal, Syria, Afghanistan, Greece, and Egypt to spread Buddhism.
• The empire of Ashoka was spread throughout the Indian sub-continent. It was the largest Indian empire till that time, from the ranges of Hindukush in the north to the south of the Godavari river in the south and Mysore and from east to Bengal in the west, to Afghanistan.
• Several major universities were established during the rule of Ashoka, in which Taxila and Nalanda University were prominent.
• Sanchi stupa is still a popular tourist spot in Madhya Pradesh, built by Emperor Ashoka in the third century.
• After the death of Ashoka, the Maurya Empire lasted for almost 50 years. The name of his last ruler was Brahndrat, who was killed by his General Pusyamitra Sanga in 185 BCE.
• The Ashok Chakra, taken from the Ashoka pillar, has been placed in the National Flag of India and the symbol of the four lions has been given the honor of the national emblem.