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Legends have freely grown round it, and it would haveР”В«een very difficult to delineate his true history were it not for theР”Р‡act that he left behind for posterity personal messages Mass of tradition has gathered round the name of Asoka too. The Round Table, the good King Alfred or King St. 'Р”В®mperor Asoka - An Introduction to Him and His FamilyР”Р„s in the case of great characters like King Arthur and his Knights of Sri Lanka, Cambodia, India (that time calledР”Р„ryaVrata/Jambudwipa - present-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal,Р”В«angladesh, Bhutan), Japan, China, etc. So, whileР”Вiscussing him, we will be debating the information obtained from hisР”В®dicts, which are considered as facts, along with that obtainedР”Р‡rom Buddhist / Jain legends from various countries, viz., Thailand, To be a Herculean task even for the best historians. Reading about this monarch, we come across incidents, which oscillateР”В«etween fact and fiction, establishing the veracity of which has proved Of which are sourced from the Buddhist legends / texts. Life history of this monarch is replete with countless incidents, many I wrote in an earlier post about the family background of Asoka:. Who was Rani Dharma? Was she a commoner or a royal princess? Who did Bindusara want to succeed him to the throne - Asoka or Susima?Р”В¤. Was Asoka extremely ruthless and highly ambitious in his early youth?Р”Р€. Did Asoka kill Susima? If yes, then why and how?Р”Сћ. This post also aims to answer various questions like:-Р”РЋ. The throne of Magadha and whether he was truly guilty of fratricide on a This post analyses the circumstances in which Asoka ascended Texts about Asoka, including Buddhist, Tibetan and Sanskrit texts.Р”Р„ccording to these texts, Asoka slew 99 of his This post aims toР”В¬ritically examine the veracity of the information contained in ancient The topic this time is quite different from

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