2518 Wed 31 Jan 2018 LESSON
After the Kalinga War, the Empire experienced nearly half a
century of peace and security under Ashoka. Mauryan India also enjoyed an
era of social harmony, religious transformation, and expansion of the
sciences and of knowledge. Increased social and religious renewal and reform across his society,
while Ashoka’s embrace of Buddhism has been said to have been
the foundation of the reign of social and political peace and non-violence
across all of India. Ashoka sponsored the spreading of Buddhist ideals
into Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, West Asia and Mediterranean Europe.
Edicts of Ashoka are the primary sources of written records of
Mauryan times. The Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath has been made the
national emblem of India.
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 Chulachomklao of Siam Pāḷi Tipiṭaka, 1893, 39 Volumes, in the International Tipitaka Hall |
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Map of the Maurya Empire under Ashoka’s rule.
the Mauryan empire, bear Buddhist symbols such as the Dharmacakra,
the elephant (previous form of the Buddha), the tree under which
enlightenment happened, and the burial mound where the Buddha died
(obverse). 3rd century BC.
