Intro

the third king of the Mauryan Empire (322-185 BCE) best known for his renunciation of war,

Empire

At its height, under Ashoka, the Mauryan Empire stretched from modern-day Iran through almost the entirety of the Indian subcontinent. Ashoka was able to rule this vast empire initially through the precepts of the political treatise known as the Arthashastra, attributed to the Prime Minister Chanakya (also known as Kautilya and Vishnugupta, l. c. 350-275 BCE) who served under Ashoka's grandfather Chandragupta (r. c. 321-c.297 BCE) who founded the empire.

Budhhism And Kalinga War

Many Historians specially west , potrays Ashoka as Ashoka the great because he converted into Buddhist and send missionaries to all over world and leave war after a huge distructive war of Kalinga but actually, The empire he and his family built did not last even 50 years after his death. Although he was the greatest of the kings of one of the largest and most powerful empires