Asoka

Ashoka (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ]
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, ;  – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha in the Indian subcontinent during  to 232 BCE. Ua uhi ʻia kona aupuni i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina ʻo India, mai Afghanistan i kēia manawa ma ke komohana a hiki i Bangladesh i kēia lā ma ka hikina, me kona kapikala ma Pataliputra . He kahu no ka Buddhism, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i ka hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka Buddhism ma waena o Asia kahiko.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā ʻōlelo a Ashoka i kona makahiki ʻewalu aliʻi (  ), ua lanakila ʻo ia iā Kalinga ma hope o ke kaua ʻino . Ma hope iho ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo Ashoka iā ia iho i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka " dhamma " a i ʻole ka hana pono, ke kumuhana nui o nā ʻōlelo. Hōʻike nā ʻōlelo a Ashoka i kekahi mau makahiki ma hope o ke Kaua Kalinga, ua huki ʻia ʻo ia i ka Buddhism. Ua hōʻaiʻē ka moʻolelo Buddhist iā Ashoka me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā stupas he nui, e kākoʻo ana i ka ʻaha kūkā Buddhist ʻekolu, kākoʻo i nā mikionali Buddhist, e hāʻawi manawaleʻa ana i ka sangha .

Ua aneane poina ʻia ka noho ʻana o Ashoka ma ke ʻano he mōʻī mōʻaukala, akā mai ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kenekulia 19 o nā kumu i kākau ʻia ma ka palapala Brahmi, paʻa ʻo Ashoka i ka inoa ʻo ia kekahi o nā mōʻī India nui loa. ʻO ka hōʻailona o ka Repubalika hou o India he hoʻololi ia o ka Lion Capital o Ashoka . ʻO ka huila o Ashoka, ʻo ka Ashoka Chakra ka mea i lawe ʻia ma ke kikowaena o ka National Flag of India .