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Ashoka's Dhamma: When an Empire Chose Peace Over Conquest

Ashoka's Dhamma: When an Empire Chose Peace Over Conquest

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In the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Empire under Chandragupta Maurya and his successors built a vast, centralized state stretching from the Hindu Kush to the Bay of Bengal. Then came the Kalinga War in 261 BCE. Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta, watched a hundred thousand die and walked away. This episode follows the pivot: from military expansion to the propagation of Dhamma — a moral code rooted in Buddhism but shared across a diverse empire. Lucas and Luna explore the rock and pillar edicts, the empire's new bureaucratic machinery, and the quiet irony that Ashoka's pacifism may have weakened the border defenses his son had to face. They weigh historical debates: was Dhamma sincere reform or political tool? And what happens when an emperor's personal transformation becomes a liability for his state? #Ashoka #MauryaEmpire #KalingaWar #Dhamma #EdictsOfAshoka #Buddhism #ChandraguptaMaurya #Chanakya #Pataliputra #RockEdicts #PillarEdicts #Bindusara #Taxila #Ujjain #India #FexingoHistory #History #AncientHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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