Making of an empire. As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River ...

The Great King Ashoka's relentless quest for the revered relic - "The Ashes of the Buddha" - marked the genesis of his transformation and ignited the global spread of Buddhism. As he tirelessly ...

Discover key Mauryan Empire facts! Test your knowledge on Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, administration, and significant events ...

The catastrophic crash of Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, into a residential area near Sardar Vallabhbhai ...

It was Ashoka who succeeded his father Bindusara, although the king preferred another son, Susima, allegedly because of his unattractiveness according to tradition. However, the members of the ...

Ashoka seems to have taken the Buddhist idea of dhamma-vijaya one step further, with dhamma missionaries replacing the king and his army. This is explicated in the 13th major rock edict.

An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone ‘Ashoka’ is the first book in the eleven-title ‘Indian Lives’ series edited by Ramachandra Guha.

According to Buddhist historical sources, King Ashoka organized the Third Buddhist Council under the chairmanship of Moggaliputta Tissa at Pataliputra (now Patna) in 247 B.C.

Shah Rukh Khan as King Ashoka in Asoka. Shah Rukh Khan aka King Khan, is one of the most iconic actors in Bollywood. He played the role of King Ashoka in the 2001 film Asoka.