ASHOKA: The BRUTAL Emperor Who Became BUDDHISM's Greatest King

Описание: 🔥 ASHOKA THE BRUTAL BECAME BUDDHISM'S GREATEST KING — BUT IT COST 100,000 LIVES

Ashoka the Great, ancient India's most powerful Mauryan emperor, began his reign as Chandashoka "the Fierce", a brutal warrior who killed his own brothers and slaughtered over 100,000 people in the devastating Kalinga War of 261 BCE. But the rivers of blood at Kalinga transformed this mass murderer into Dhammashoka "the Righteous," Buddhism's most important patron king whose legacy shaped Asian civilization for 2,300 years. This is the shocking true story of history's most dramatic transformation: from India's bloodiest emperor to the leader who spread Buddhism across Asia and built the pillars that still stand today bearing the Ashoka Chakra on India's flag.

🔎 DISCOVER:
How Ashoka murdered his way to the Mauryan throne through fratricide and terror
The Kalinga War's 100,000+ casualties that broke an emperor's spirit
The Buddhist monk Upagupta who taught a killer about the Three Poisons
How Buddhist teachings on non-violence (ahiṃsā) reshaped an empire
How Ashoka's 84,000 stupas and rock edicts spread Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka, Thailand, and beyond
Why this ancient emperor's symbols appear on modern India's flag and government seals

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 The River Runs Red: Kalinga's Aftermath
01:34 The Monster's Crown: Ashoka's Brutal Rise to Power
05:42 The River of Blood: The Kalinga War (261 BCE)
11:41 The Breaking Point: Meeting Buddhism
17:58 The Pillar Builder: Ashoka's Buddhist Empire
26:54 The Eternal Emperor: Legacy Across 2,300 Years
29:24 Can Killers Change? The Question Ashoka Answered

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📚 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

PRIMARY HISTORICAL SOURCES:
The Edicts of Ashoka (Rock Edicts & Pillar Edicts, 3rd century BCE)
Rock Edict XIII (Kalinga War account and remorse)
Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka, 5th-6th century CE)
Dipavamsa (Chronicle of the Island, 4th century CE)
Ashokavadana (Legends of Ashoka, 2nd century CE)

SCHOLARLY WORKS:
Thapar, Romila. "Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas" (Oxford University Press) https://amzn.to/45a1CyB
Allen, Charles. "Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor" (Little, Brown)
Strong, John S. "The Legend of King Asoka: A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana" https://amzn.to/4svQplX
Bhandarkar, D.R. "Asoka" (University of Calcutta) https://amzn.to/3Z5MTBh
Smith, Vincent A. "Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India" https://amzn.to/3YAKTRm

ARCHAEOLOGICAL & EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE:
Archaeological Survey of India - Ashokan Pillar Studies
Ancient Buddhist Sites in India (Sanchi, Sarnath, Bodh Gaya)
Kalinga Battlefield Archaeological Research
Mauryan Empire Historical Records

BUDDHIST TEXTS REFERENCED:
Theravada Tradition accounts of Third Buddhist Council (250 BCE)
Records of Mahinda and Sanghamitta's mission to Sri Lanka
Buddhist Sangha expansion under Ashoka
Vipassana meditation traditions linked to Mauryan period

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