In the past 20 years, five ashoka fellows have received the nobel peace prize These leading social entrepreneurs work to ensure that everyone has what a good life requires Meet the fellows honored by the nobel committee. Bce, india) was the last major emperor of the mauryan dynasty of india His vigorous patronage of buddhism during his reign (c Grandson of chandragupta maurya, the founder of the maurya dynasty, ashoka initially expanded his empire through a series of brutal military campaigns.
Emperor ashoka is credited with remaking the mauyran dynasty from a war machine into a society of tolerance and nonviolence, based on buddhism Chandragupta maurya’s grandson ashoka (aśoka). Ashoka converted to buddhism and was influential in the spread of buddhism throughout india and beyond He is remembered for the ashoka pillars and edicts, for sending buddhist monks to sri lanka and central asia, and for establishing monuments marking several significant sites in the life of gautama buddha Ashoka was the third ruler of the illustrious maurya dynasty and was one of the most powerful kings of the indian subcontinent in ancient times His reign between 273 bc and 232 b.c
The pillars of ashoka are a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts —by the 3rd mauryan emperor ashoka the great, who reigned from c [2] ashoka used the expression dhaṃma thaṃbhā (dharma stambha), i.e Pillars of the dharma to describe his own pillars Ashoka’s reign marked a significant period in the spread of buddhism both within india and beyond its borders As a ruler, ashoka provided extensive patronage to the buddhist monastic community, building stupas and viharas, and offering material support to monks and scholars.
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