Tuesday, July 15, 2014

ASHOKA----THE RULER WHO GAVE UP WAR

ASHOKA WAS THE GRAND SON OF CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA.
THE INSCRIPTION ON SARNATH OF THE LION ARE BEING MADE BY ASHOKA.
CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA WAS BEING ADVICED BY KAUTILYA,
THE FAMOUS ECONOMIST AND AUTHOR OF BOOK::::ARTHSASTHRA.
CHANAKYA OR KAUTILYA ARE ONE AND SAME THING.
DYNASTY IS ONE IN WHICH THE RULER ARE FATHER-SON-GRANDSON CONBINATION.
MAURYA WERE THE DYNASTY.CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA,HIS SON BINDUSARA AND HIS SON ASHOKA.
SIMILARLY HARIYANKA DYNASTY WAS ONE IN WHICH BHIMBHISARA HIS SON AJATSATRU AND HIS SON UDAYSAMBRA,
THE CAPTITAL OF MAURYA EMPIRE WAS PATILPUTRA.
TAXILA LAY THE ROUTE OF NORTHWEST AND UJJAIN LAY THE ROUTE OF NORTH TO SOUTH,
IN ARTHASASTRA,NORTH WEST PART WAS IMPORTANT FOR BLANKET AND SOUTH INDIA WAS IMPORTANT FOR GOLD AND PRECISION STONE AND PROBABLY THEY WERE COLLEDTED AS TRIBUTE.
PEOPLE LIVING IN FOREST WERE SOMEWHAT MORE INDEPENDENT BUT THEY USED TO PROVIDE WAX,TIMBER,WOOD,HONEY AND ELEPHANT TO MAURIYAN RULER,
THE KING CHANDRA GUPTA MAURYA HAS 570 TOWERS AND 64 GATES.
MEGASTHENES WAS THE GREEK AMBASSADOR WHO WAS SENT BE HIS PRINCESS SELUCUS NICATOR  AND HE HAS DESCRIBE MAURYAN DYNASTY.

THE MOST FAMOUS RULER IN MAURYAN DYNASTY WAS ASHOKA AND HE WAS THE FIRST RULER WHO USED INSCRIPTION TO COMMUNICATE HIS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS EMPIRE AND THE LANGUAGE WHICH WAS USED WAS PRAKRIT AND SCRIPT WAS BRAHMI,
AFTER KALINGA WAR,ASHOKA GAVE UP THE WAR AND ADOPTED DHAMMA,A PRAKRIT WORD USED FOR DHARMA.
TO SPREAD DHAMMA,HE APPOINTED AN OFFICIAL KNOWN AS DHAMMA MAHAMTATA,WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING DHAMMA.
ASHOKA ALSO TRIED TO TEACH DHAMMA TO OTHER NATION AS WELL LIKE SRI LANKA,EGYPT,SYRIA,GREECE.

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