The Ashokavadana (Sanskrit: अशोकावदान; IAST: Aśokāvadāna; "Narrative of Ashoka") is an Indian Sanskrit-language text that describes the birth and reign...

For example, both Ashokavadana and Mahavamsa mention that Ashoka's empress Tishyarakshita had the Bodhi Tree destroyed. In Ashokavadana, the empress manages...

and the main texts that provide information about his life (such as Ashokavadana and Mahavamsa) do not name his mother. The Asokavadanamala names her...

that provide information about Bindusara include Divyavadana (including Ashokavadana and Pamsupradanavadana), Dipavamsa, Mahavamsa, Vamsatthappakasini (also...

with the Shunga–Greek War and ruled for 36 years. The Buddhist text Ashokavadana names Pushyamitra as the last Mauryan emperor. This text appears to have...

of the Maurya Empire. The torture palace's legend is detailed in the Ashokavadana, which describes Emperor Ashoka's life through legendary and historical...

and last wife of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka. According to the Ashokavadana, she was responsible for blinding Ashoka's son and heir presumptive Kunala...

chronicles by his son Kalashoka. On the basis of the evidence of the Ashokavadana, Hermann Jacobi, Wilhelm Geiger and Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar concluded...

Venkata Ramanacharyulu) of Maharajah's College, Vizianagaram in 1929. Ashokavadana Prithviraj Raso Akbarnama Raja Vikramaditya Bharat ka veer yoddha Maharaja...

Kukkutarama. (...) Pushyamitra therefore destroyed the sanghārāma, killed the monks there, and departed." Ashokavadana, 133, trans. John Strong. v t e...

king's temple" as a rendering of "raja-pasada-cetikasa." On the basis of Ashokavadana, it is presumed that the stupa may have been vandalised at one point...

classifications of humanity.[citation needed] The ancient text Divyavadana (Ashokavadana is one of its sections) mention that in one instance, a non-Buddhist...

the torture palace is detailed in the writings of the Ashokavadana. According to Ashokavadana, Ashoka asked Girika, who was the official executioner...

sangha by the great Indian emperor Ashoka. This is illustrated in the Ashokavadana in the following verses: "A great donor, the lord of men, the eminent...

Bhadrabahu was born in Pundravardhana.[citation needed] According to Ashokavadana, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka issued an order to kill all the Ajivikas...

seen in various parts of the world. In South Asia these go back to the Ashokavadana and Harshacharita from ancient India, the medieval Prithviraj Raso, and...

was a Buddhist monk. According to some stories in the Sanskrit text Ashokavadana, he was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.: 16  In...

and expanded northwest as far as Sagala. According to the 2nd century Ashokavadana, the king persecuted Buddhists: "Then King Pushyamitra equipped a fourfold...

pacifism have been "grossly exaggerated". Buddhist records such as the Ashokavadana write that the assassination of Brihadratha and the rise of the Shunga...

tactic that eventually culminated in the partition of India. Ancient text Ashokavadana, a part of the Divyavadana, mention a non-Buddhist in Pundravardhana...

hundred Buddhist legends, approximately dating to the same time as the Ashokavadana. Ratnamālāvadāna. The work may be from the Mulasarvastivada school. It...

medieval Vedic philosophy. According to the 4th century Buddhist legend Ashokavadana, the Mauryan emperor Bindusara and his chief queen Shubhadrangi were...

text Ashokavadana, the Mauryan emperor Bindusara was a patron of the Ajivikas, and it reached its peak of popularity during this time. Ashokavadana also...

witnessed a rebellion among the locals of Taxila to which according to the Ashokavadana, he dispatched Ashoka to quell the uprising. Upon entering the city,...

later by Emperor Ashoka (c. 304 – 232 BCE). According to Mahāvaṃsa and Ashokavadana, Ashoka collected seven of the eight relics of Gautama Buddha, and redistributed...

these sources frequently contradict each other, and a few sources (like Ashokavadana, earliest versions ranging from 200 AD to 500 AD) describe Ashoka engaging...

its control as far west as the Punjab. Buddhist sources, such as the Ashokavadana, mention that Pushyamitra was hostile towards Buddhists and allegedly...

parts of the world.[citation needed] In South Asia these go back to the Ashokavadana and Harshacharita from ancient India, and the medieval Prithviraj Raso...

Black Polished Ware (NBPW). The Arthashastra, the Edicts of Ashoka and Ashokavadana are primary sources of written records of the Mauryan times. Ashoka was...

they will deal with (all) the religious brotherhoods. According to the Ashokavadana, a non-Buddhist in Pundravardhana drew a picture showing the Buddha bowing...