Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...
The Mauryan Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE) was the first and one of the most influential empires in the Indian subcontinent. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it extended from present-day ...
India’s history is a combination of ambition, culture, and a journey of dynamism in the form of change that has been woven by rulers who wrote history and redefined leadership. Among these iconic ...
In the 3rd century BCE, Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire stood at the height of power. His dominion stretched from present-day Afghanistan to Bengal, from Kashmir to southern India. But it was one ...