2. LIFE OF ASHOKA
BORN – 304 BC
SUCCESS AS A MILITARY LEADER
UPRISING OCCURRED IN TAKSHASHILA
WELCOME OF ASHOKA
EXILE OF ASHOKA TO KALINGA
END OF EXILE
LEARNT ABOUT BUDDHISM
3. CONTINUED…
DEATH OF THE EMPEROR – BINDUSARA
WAR BETWEEN BROTHERS
ACQUIRED THE THRONE IN 274 BC
BATTLE OF KALINGA
DIRECT IMPACT OF WAR
HIS WIFE DEVI RAN AWAY
CONVERSION TO BUDDHISM
NEW NAME- DHARMASHOKA
4. ASHOKA AS AN ADMINISTRATOR
a. Conversion to Buddhism.
b. Did good activities for
welfare of citizen.