Ashoka was the most famous in Mauryan kings and was one of the greatest rulers of India. He was born in 265 B.C. He was son of Bindusara and the Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya.

The great ashoka was only first reign was very dangerous and It was marked Mahayoudha (Mahasangram). the battle took Two thousand three hundred years ago a place in India between the Mauryan empire of King Ashoka in the republic of Kalinga. The Kalinga war in which more then 100,000 men were killed, 150,000 injured and thousands were captured and retained as slaves.

Every male in Kalinga fought against king Ashoka and, at last the final battle was end, thousands warriors lay dismembered next to a river running red with blood. The empire ashoka seen and walked on the battle ground, suddenly one beggar stend up from red water, carrying a dripping bundle of soil in his arms and holding up his bundle.

The injured beggar said ‘Mighty King’, You are able to take thousands of live. you can give back one life – to this dead child”. Many people say the beggar was a Buddhist. It effected on ashoka to never raised his sword again.

Ashoka set some new rules. He banned animal sacrifices and he established free hospitals and dispensaries throughout his empire. The great King Ashoka was deied in 232 BC. The india’s Greatest Hero and his inscribing edicts on rocks and pillars which are very famous in all over the world.