at Pataliputra (today’s Patna ). It was conducted by the monk Moggaliputta-Tissa who was the spiritual teacher of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka. Ashoka Chakra The Ashoka Chakra (the wheel of Ashoka) is a depiction of the Dharmachakra or Dhammachakka in Pali , the Wheel of Dharma ( Sanskrit : Chakra means wheel).