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What did the Mauryan emperor Ashoka do after his bloody conquest of Kalinga around 261 BC?
His own edicts, carved across the subcontinent, record the war's toll and his turn to non-violence and tolerance — the closest antiquity comes to a ruler repenting his own victory. His lion capital is modern India's state emblem.
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The Maurya Empire The Maurya Empire (c. 321-185 BC) was the first state to unite most of the Indian subcontinent, founded by Chandragupta with his adviser Kautilya and reaching its peak under Ashoka — who, after the bloody conquest of Kalinga, renounced conquest and broadcast an ethics of dhamma on rock and pillar edicts across India.
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