This is evident in Ashoka’s widespread patronage of Buddhism and his respect for other religious traditions, showcasing a ruler who valued pluralism. After consolidating his empire, Chandragupta ...

Through a series of edicts carved in stone and placed throughout the empire, Ashoka proclaimed to his people the importance of Buddhist values and his beliefs about how his people should act.

After Chandragupta's death, his son Bindasara and grandson Ashoka the Great increased the empire's power and consolidated its lands. Ashoka the Great (c. 269-233 BCE) is largely considered the ...

The writer is a biomedical systems engineer and author of ‘Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World’ Ancient India’s greatest engineering achievement wasn’t a monum ...

How does a ruler actually change the way the people think? Today's leader, Ashoka the Great, took on a vast empire and through the strength of his ideas began a tradition which leads directly to ...

It tells the story of Ashoka Tano, the former Padawan of Anakin Skywalker before he became Darth Vader. After the dissolution of the Galactic Empire, Ashoka and her allies search for Grand Admiral ...