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In which year did Ashoka ascend the throne of Magadha after his father's death?
The year 323 BCE (Before Common Era)
The year 326 BCE (Before Common Era)
The year 268 BCE (Before Common Era)
120 CE (Common Era)
The year 268 BCE (Before Common Era)
The Ashoka was a king of the Maurya Dynasty. He held the position of the third king in the Maurya dynasty. Ashoka reigned from 268 BCE to 232 BCE in the third century BCE. Initially, his nature was that of an expansionist. In the quest of expanding Mauryan Empire, he made a military conquest in Kalinga which resulted into countless loss of life and human suffering. Historians christen this war as the bloody Kalinga War. But, that war transformed Ashoka completely. Ashoka was shaken by the immense loss of life he observed around him. Soon he resolved to shun the root of violence to assert authority on kingdoms and embraced Buddhism.