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79Emperor Ashok and Jainism
We all know that Mauryan Emperor Ashok got converted to Buddhism after the war of Kaling. But did you know that he was a Jain before becoming a Buddhist? A brief history.
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86Ashok: A Short Biography of Ashoka the Great of India
According to Wikipedia, H.G. Wells wrote: "In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who call themselves "their highnesses," "their majesties", and "their exalted majesties" and so on. They shone for a brief...
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77Policies and Reforms of Ashoka the Great of Mauryan Empire
Ashoka's policy of dhamma has often been equated with his conversion to Buddhism. He is credited with the propagation of the tenets of the Buddhist sect. But as we have seen earlier, this interpretation is based on an unquestioned acceptance of Buddhist texts which narrate several stories connected with the ruler.
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76Rise Extent and Fall of the Mauryan Empire
Rise Extent and Fall of the Mauryan Empire. Greek control over the area along the Indus weakened after the withdrawal of Alexander and certainly after his death in 323 B.C. This unstable state of affairs must have provided Chandragupta with an opportunity to conquer and annex the territories of the northern kingdoms.
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72Vimanas - Ancient Indian Flying Saucers
A few years back, Chinese people sent some Sanskrit documents which had been recovered from Lhasa, Tibet off to the University of Chandrigarh to be converted into English by no less than a certain Dr Ruth Reyna. Dr Reyna claimed that the documents...
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75Top 5 Must See Tourist Places in Uttar Pradesh, India
Uttar Pradesh, the fifth largest state of India, is a prime tourist destination in India. Apart from the fabled Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world, there are a host of tourist attractions like the time-honored monuments, awe-inspiring...
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72The Mauryan Empire
The rise of the Great Mauryan Empire was a unique event in the History of India. It was the first Empire in the Indian sub-continent came into existence by unifying the innumerable fragments of distracted territory.
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78The Mauryan Administration
As contrasted with the earlier smaller kingdoms, the Mauryas ruled over an empire. By now, the powers of the king had also increased rapidly. A study of the Arthashastra in conjunction with the edicts provides information regarding the administrative structure. At the centre of the structure was the king who had the power to enact laws.
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88What is the meaning of the spoked wheel in the flag of India?
When India's National flag was adopted in the Constituent Assembly, the then Vice President Dr. S. Radhakrishnan explained the meaning of the spoked wheel that featured in the centre of the flag as follows: "The Ashoka Wheel in the center of the...
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67National Flag of India
The wheel - "Ashoka Chakra" in the center of the National Flag of India has 24 spokes and each spoke depicts one hour of the day, and the wheel denotes motion, the wheel represents the dynamism of a peaceful change.
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