Ashoka
Ashoka | |
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Priyadarśin Devanapriya Chakravartin | |
3rd Mauryan Emperor | |
Reign | c. 268 – c. 232 BCE[3] |
Coronation | 268 BCE[3] |
Predecessor | Bindusara |
Successor | Dasharatha |
Born | c. 304 BCE Pataliputra, Mauryan Empire (adjacent to present-day Patna, Bihar, India) |
Died | 232 BCE (aged c. 71 – 72) Pataliputra, modern-day Patna, Bihar, India |
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Dynasty | Maurya |
Father | Bindusara |
Mother | Subhadrangi or Dharma[note 1] |
Religion | Buddhism[4] |
Maurya Empire (322–180 BCE) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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