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Ashoka The great

Ashoka The great

Ashoka The great

Ashoka was a great king of India . He was a  Mauryan  ruler . He was a greatest ruler of all times .
He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, founder of Mauryan dynasty. Bindusara  was his father and Shubhadrangi was his mother . He was born on 304 BCE at  Pataliputra (Patna).

was known as a fearsome hunter, and according to a legend, killed a lion with just a wooden rod. Because of his reputation as a frightening warrior and a heartless general.

While the early part of Ashoka's reign was apparently quite bloodthirsty, he became a follower of the Buddha's teachings after his conquest of Kalinga on the east coast of India in the present-day states of Odisha and North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. 

He was died on 232 BCE at   Pataliputra (Patna).

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Name of the book - Samrat  Ashoka

Language of the book :- Hindi

File Type :- PDF

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