How Great Emperor Ashoka Realized And Showed All Living Beings Matter

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The history of Emperor Ashoka shows it’s never too late to change and become a good person.

Emperor Ashoka was a remarkable person and ruler whose legacy is still alive and tangible in modern India.

Left: Emperor Ashoka. Credit: Public Domain – Right: King Ashoka visits Ramagrama, to take relics of the Buddha from the Nagas, but in vain. Southern gateway, Stupa 1, Sanchi. Credit: Photo Dharma – CC BY 2.0

Paper money and coins can be traced to Emperor Ashoka’s reign and the same can be said about several ancient symbols that are today used in India.

It’s unknown when exactly Ashoka was born, but he lived in the 3rd century B.C, and he became the third monarch of the Mauryan dynasty. He ruled over a vast empire from 268 to 232 B.C.

Ashoka Was The Grandson Of Legendary Ruler Chandragupta

In some ways, it seems he was destined to become a great emperor, and he is nowadays remembered as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. As the son of Bindusara, grandson of Chandragupta, Ashoka certainly lived up to his family’s reputation as an effective Emperor.

His grandfather, Chandragupta was so inspired by the conquests of Alexander the Great that he created the kingdom of Magadha, the first and largest empire of ancient India. The kingdom of Magadha was so huge it covered almost the entire Indian Peninsula.

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