Many people including saints, monks etc died during Kalinga war and others lost their loved ones. Ashoka was sad for killing many innocent people that so he became a Buddist and thus, his life changed.
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Ashoka invaded Kalinga in 261 B.C. In Kalinga War, 100,000 people died, 150,000 were wounded and made prisoners of war.
The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of Dharma. Dharmavijaya, and not Digvijaya (victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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after 8 years of becoming the king he conquered kalinga. he was horrified with the bloodshed.he was disturbed and could not handle his subjects properly. he thought that conquering people through dhamma was better and so gave kalinga back. he was the first king to give a qonquest after winning a war. |
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THE SUFFERINGS CAUSED WAS UNACCOUNTABLE,SEVERAL LAKHS OF PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MANY WERE IMPRISONE.THIS HORROR HAD A DEVASTATING EFFECT ON ASHOKA AND PROVED TO BE A TURNING POINT IN HIS LIFE.HE DECIDED NEVER TO FIGHT A WAR.INSTEAD HE SET TO CONQUER PEOPLES HEARTS.THE DRUMS DECLRING WARS WERE REPLACED BY DRUMS ANNOUNCING ETHICAL AND MORAL PRINCIPALS(DHAMMAGHOSA).HE EMBRACED BUDDHISM AND ADOPTED THE POLICY OF AHIMSA OR NON VIOLENCE.HE CAME TO BE KNOWN AS DEVANAMPRIYA____THE BELOVED OF GODS.(ANSWER FROM TEXTBOOK)
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1. Ashoka was the most famous emperor of the Mauryan empire.
2. He was power loving and conquered parts of Afghanistn and Pakistn.
3. Kalinga was the kingdom he dreamt of conquering and he decided to wage a tremendous war. He finally won the war.
4. When in triumph he was visiting the newly conquered kingdom, he saw that there was bloodshed, misery , and sadness all around.
5. His heart melted and he decided never to wage a war.
6. He became a follower of Buddhism.
7. He soon founded "Dhamma" a religion that was based on Buddhism and he followed its principles.
8. He sent Dharma Mahamantras who preached about this religion.
9. He set up stupas and engraved Buddhism on Pillar and Stone edicts. He also made the national emblem of India.
10. He paid attention to the welfare of people and administered his empire well.
Alltogether, his great and noble deeds make him a very famous emperor- Ashoka the Great.
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in 261 BC ashoka attacked kalinga and captured it after a fierce battle.the war caused large scale destruction almost 1,00,000 people were deaaad including 10,000 of ashoka's own men. the destruction he saw made him unhappy . thus kalinga became the turning point of his life and he changed from a conquerer to a spiritual leader.
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of Dharma. Dharmavijaya, and not Digvijaya (victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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People who are kind to their relatives and friends to their slaves servants die or lose their loved ones..
He believe that winning people over through Dhamma is much better than conquering them through force....
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the war of kalinga lead to the subsequent conversion of Ashoka to buddhism
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When ashoka came to throne kalinga was the only major kingdom which was unconquered. It was stratergically located as the route between south india and south east asia.
?In 261 BC ashoka attacked kalinga and captured it after a fierce battle.The war caused large scale destruction almost 1,00,000 people were deaaad including 10,000 of ashoka's own men. the destruction he saw made him unhappy . thus kalinga became the turning point of his life and he changed from a conquerer to a spiritual leader.
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- 8 years after becoming king he conquered Kalinga.
- Ashoka fought a war to conquer Kalinga.
- Horrified when he saw the violence and bloodshed.
- A lakh and half people were killed.
- More than a lakh were captured.
- Brahmins and monk also died.
- People even lost their loved ones.
- So, he decided to observe dhamma and teach others about it.
- He thought winning people over truderma is much better than conquering them through force.
- So, he inscribed this message for future.
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- kalinga was the only kingdom which was not in the maurayan empire.
- ashoka captured Kalinga after a fierce battle.
- after the war the became very sad at the bloodshed caused.he understood the fulfility of a war and vowed never to fight a war in the future.
- he started following the path of peace which came to be known as "ashoka's dhamma"
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of?Dharma.?Dharmavijaya, and not?Digvijaya?(victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of?Dharma.?Dharmavijaya, and notDigvijaya?(victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of?Dharma.?Dharmavijaya, and notDigvijaya?(victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of?Dharma.?Dharmavijaya, and notDigvijaya?(victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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The sight of such a carnage and massacre of human lives, and the sufferings of the wounded made a deep impression on Ashoka's mind. The unhappiness of the women and the children made him very sad and unhappy. He vowed never to make a war again. He decided to devote his life to the spread of?Dharma.?Dharmavijaya, and not?Digvijaya?(victory in all directions), became the goal of Ashoka's life. He was the first emperor in the history of the world to give up war after victory. Thus, the Kalinga War became a turning point in Ashoka's life.
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