Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka (/əˈʃoʊkə/ ə-SHOH-kə; Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka...
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The Ashoka Chakra (alternative spelling: Ashok Chakra, lit. 'Wheel of Ashoka') is India's highest peacetime military decoration awarded for valor, courageous...
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The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma"). It is so-called...
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Ashoka University is a private research university located in Sonipat, Haryana. providing a liberal education in the humanities, social sciences, and natural...
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The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the...
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Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of...
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Look up Ashoka or अशोक in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ashoka (died 232 BC) was a monarch of the Mauryan Empire of India. Ashoka, Asoka, or Ashok may...
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Ashoka tree is a common name for two plants which are frequently confused with each other: Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar Saraca...
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Maurya Empire (section Ashoka)
of Megasthenes in Roman texts of several centuries later, the Edicts of Ashoka, which were first read in the modern era by James Prinsep after he had deciphered...
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Ramaiah Ashoka (born 1 July 1957) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. Serving as Leader of Opposition in...
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The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in Sarnath, India, c. 250 BCE. Its crowning features...
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an Indian historian who is a professor of History and Dean of Faculty at Ashoka University. She is the former head of the History Department at the University...
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Ashoka (formerly branded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public) is an American-based nonprofit organization that promotes social entrepreneurship by connecting...
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Ashoka Vatika (Sanskrit: अशोकवाटिका, romanized: Aśokavāṭikā) is a grove in Lanka that is located in the kingdom of the rakshasa king Ravana. It is mentioned...
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Samrat Ashoka is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language historical drama film written, produced and directed by N. T. Rama Rao under his Ramakrishna Horticultural...
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Barabar Caves (redirect from Inscriptions of Ashoka (caves of Barabar))
century BCE during the Maurya period, and to correspond respectively to Ashoka (reigned 273–232 BCE) and his grandson, Dasharatha Maurya. The sculptured...
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Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat (transl. The Great Emperor Ashoka) is a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series that aired on Colors TV from 2 February 2015...
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chronicles, the first wife of the third Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. She was also the mother of Ashoka's first two children—his son, Mahendra, and daughter, Sanghamitra—both...
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of the 3rd Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great, who succeeded to the Mauryan throne in modern-day India around 269 B.C.E. Ashoka is considered one of the greatest...
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Ashoka's Hell was, according to legend, an elaborate torture chamber disguised as a beautiful palace full of amenities such as exclusive baths and decorated...
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Major Rock Edicts (redirect from Ashoka's Major Rock Edict)
The Major Rock Edicts of Indian emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest...
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Saraca asoca (section Other trees called 'ashoka tree')
Saraca asoca, commonly known as the ashoka tree (lit. "sorrow-less"), is a plant belonging to the Detarioideae subfamily of the Fabaceae family of plants...
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K. S. Ashoka known as Ashoka is an Indian director and writer. He became popular after his debut movie 6-5=2. It was the first found footage movie in Kannada...
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Ashoka the HERO is a 2011 Indian animated film written and directed by Gaurav Jain. The film is edited by Naren Mojidra. An eight-year-old school going...
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Ashoka Vanamlo Arjuna Kalyanam (transl. Arjun's wedding in the garden of Ashoka trees) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed...
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King Ashoka, of the Gonandiya dynasty, was a king of the region of Kashmir according to Kalhana, the 12th century CE historian who wrote the Rajatarangini...
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about the mother of Ashoka (c. 3rd century BCE), the 3rd Mauryan emperor of ancient India, varies between different sources. Ashoka's own inscriptions and...
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Ashoka Mody (born 14 January 1956) is an Indian-American economist. He is the Charles and Marie Robertson visiting professor in international economic...
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Asoka (2001 film) (redirect from Ashoka (2001 film))
Santosh Sivan. It is a dramatized version of the early life of emperor Ashoka, of the Maurya Empire, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the...
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Padmavati was a queen and third wife of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka (reigned c. 268 – c. 232 BCE) and the mother of his second son, the Crown Prince...
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