Before its modern state, India had only been united once. This time was under the rule of the Mauryan Empire in the 300s-200s BCE. The Mauryan Empire was started by Chandragupta Maurya after overthrowing and conquering the Magadha government. He proceeded to conquer more than half of the Indian subcontinent. After some time, Chandragupta’s grandson Asoka came to power. Asoka was a leader who ruled with feelings of remorse for decisions he had made in the past yet still ruled with great, imposing power. He also was mindful of his people and made sure to always rule in favor of them.
After conquering a large region in India called Kalinga, Asoka felt intense remorse. In turn, he used this remorse or regret during his later rule of the Mauryan
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In his rock edicts, which are pillars containing rules and codes throughout the empire, Asoka says a few times that however peaceful his leadership is, he has the power to strike people down as well. (Doc E) The purpose of making statements such as this are warn people in the empire to not be fooled by Asoka’s peacefulness and benevolence as he has the power to hit back at anyone. His power to back this up was shown at the beginning of his rule when he conquered areas such as Kalinga and expanded his empire to include most of India. So because of this most people in his empire have seen his ability to conquer and see power in him. Asoka used this power combined with his peacefulness in order to promote stability throughout the …show more content…
The people he ruled over took priority every time for him. This started for the most part after he conquered Kalinga. After strategically conquering Kalinga, Asoka supposedly did not want to start anymore wars to remain peaceful with all the people in his empire and around it. There was no significant threats surrounding him so there was no point to ceaselessly conquer more people. (Doc B) Asoka also used the rock edicts in order to promote the wellbeing of his people. Throughout his empire he put up edicts that stated that he wanted to “promote the welfare of the whole world”, help the health of people, be fair to everyone including prisoners, and maintain religious freedom. (Doc D) Asoka is clearly directing these edicts at the population of his empire and anyone else who comes across the edicts such as merchants and travelers. He was keeping his citizens in mind while writing these edicts. Many prominent figures in modern times still recognize Asoka’s caring nature. Jawaharlal Nehru, modern day India’s first prime minister, praised Asoka for how he led. Even mentioning that Asoka did everything such as public works and righteousness “for the good of the people”. (Doc F) Nehru’s point of view was obviously very important here as he was a pioneering Indian just like Asoka. He most likely sympathizes with Asoka and believes in what he
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To begin with, Asoka was kind and concerned about people. He became peaceful, enlightened, and more open-minded after finding enlightenment. Asoka’s ideas changed after his conquering of Kalinga because he felt sorry for them. According to historian Michael Wood, “[It was] a rejection of a whole way of understanding history.” ( Doc C). By this, Wood means that Asoka rejected the way rulers in the past felt after conquering land. Regardless of who they were, they enjoyed being victorious. But instead of abandoning the Kalingans, who had lost so much, Asoka’s reaction to the
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The nation of India gained its independence from Great Britain, in 1947 thanks to Asoka.(BE) He did many great things in his years, he ruled most of what later became India from 268 BCE. (BE)Until he died Asoka’s death which was in 232 BCE, the truth is he (BE)was an enlightened Ruler, from being bad to becoming very good. Asoka did these things for a reason, but many people thought that he did this to hurt them. In reality he was just trying to help his nation.(BE)
Was asoka a ruthless conqueror or a enlightened ruler? In 261 BCE, Asoka began his conquest of Kalinga. Over 200,000 Kalingans were killed from this conquest. Some may think that Asoka is a ruthless conqueror because of all the people he killed, but I believe that he is a enlightened ruler for many reasons.
Asoka was a ruler of India, with much territory which he inherited from his dynasty. Asoka wanted to expand his territory for his people. So they intruded the Kalinga’s territory. Asoka was a ruthless conqueror because he was responsible for many deaths, wanted unfair wars, and had unjust laws.
Asoka started ruling in 268 BCE. He was an enlightened ruler, this means he was a well-out looked ruler. Asoka was enlightened because he changed his ways, spread Buddhism, and created helpful edicts for his people. If Asoka didn’t realize what he did wrong, he wouldn’t have been an enlightened ruler.
Asoka did many good and bad things throughout his lifetime. Information from the DBQ proves that he was a ruthless conqueror, he killed innocent people, he encouraged people to do the things that he did, and he sentenced people to death days after they messed up on something. Asoka is a ruthless conqueror who didn’t think about how his actions could have affected someone.. After all, bad is worse than good. To begin, he was a ruthless conqueror because he does evil things that he didn’t regret.
Asoka wanted a lot of power in india. Next, Asoka is a ruthless conqueror because he invaded kalinga to get power for himself. Asoka was evil and rude to invade kalinga. After he felt bad and became friends with kalinga.
To begin with, Asoka is an Enlightened Ruler because he wanted forgiveness and wanted to be friends with Kalinga. In document C it explains how Asoka wanted forgiveness after the war. In the text it says
A great leader can turn anything from rust to gold with just the touch of his hands. Asoka was an enlightened ruler and not a ruthless conqueror, because of the positive changes he made upon the Mauryan Empire’s society and his economical and political uplifts towards Kalinga.
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‘’Progress is impossible without change’’ George Bernard Shaw. Asoka was an emperor who conquered Kalinga and most of India also killed over 200,000 people and drove 150,000 people out of Kalinga but, he changed and became a good person. That is why history should see Asoka as an enlightened ruler. He should be remembered as an enlightened ruler for these three reasons. Asoka cared for the people in his empire, Ashoka helped the families in his empire, and Ashoka is inspired people.
First, Asoka was a ruthless murderer because of how he dealt with Kalinga, a city within the realm of his empire. While Asoka was looking to expand his rule, he wanted to take over a city called Kalinga. In the process of taking the city, Asoka killed two hundred
As a notable example, here we have Asoka. Asoka was the ruler of India from 268 BCE until his death in 232 BCE. During his job as ruler, he triumphed over the majority of territory surrounding India by engaging in war. Asoka is a very important figure since he had formed a new system of government based off of Buddhism. His new system served as a prominent guide in India, even having other parts of the world using it as a model.