Maurya Empire Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
ancient Indian empire (322–184 BCE)
About Maurya Empire
Ashoka was said to have been deeply remorseful after personally witnessing the destruction and cost in human lives resulting from his conquest of Kalinga, which is the present-dayOdishaand parts ofAndhra Pradesh. Following this, he renounced any further conquests and converted toBuddhism. Following his conversion, Ashoka sent Buddhist missionaries far and wide, accelerating the spread of the religion toChina,Sri LankaandSoutheast Asia. His reign would also see the erection of some of South Asia's most famous Buddhist monuments, most notably the Pillars of Ashoka (Ashoka Stambha) that have been found at many sites in India and Nepal. Today the lion capital that topped those pillars is used as the national emblem of the Republic of India, and the wheel of Ashoka is on the national flag. The
Maurya Empire Travel Guide Sections
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