Since Ashoka banned animal sacrifice it stopped ... opened in Indian History after the establishment of Mauryan Empire. It was very first time in history that whole India was politically united.

The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE) was the first and one of the most influential ... and significant contributions to art and culture. Ashoka’s reign, in particular, marked the spread ...

Despite reason of motivation, Ahimsa was a noble decree. If not; history’s noblest. For two thousand years Ahimsa had been our Asian moral code. Even the many satyagrahas or passive resistance, with ...

Why was the first century so turbulent ... but simply because they were born in the right family. What’s more, the empire started through violence and depended on force. Emperors could only ...

But while he was inspired by the teachings of Buddha - and his son was in fact the first Buddhist missionary to Sri Lanka - he didn't impose Buddhism on his empire. Ashoka's state was in a very ...