UAshoka Omkhulu
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UAshoka okanye UAshoka Omkhulu (304 BCE ukuya ku-232 BCE) wayengumlawuli waseNdiya. Wayengumlawuli wesithathu woBukhosi baseMaurya. Uthathwa njengoyena mlawuli mkhulu welizwekazi laseIndiya kude kube ngoku.
Ulawulo lwakhe lwalususela ku-269 BC ukuya ku-232 BC kwiIndiya yakudala. Ubukhosi buka-Emperor Ashoka babukwimimandla emininzi yeIndiya, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal kunye neBangladesh yanamhlanje. Obu bukhosi bukhulu baseMaurya bubobona bukhosi bukhulu baseIndiya ukusukela ngelo xesha ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
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Emva kokuphumelela imfazwe yaseKalinga, wayeyithiyile imfazwe waza wamkela ubuBhuda. Wazama ukusasaza ubuBhuda kulo lonke elaseAsiya. Wakha amawaka eetempile zamaBhuda. UAshoka uthathwa njengomnye wabalawuli abakhulu kwihlabathi.
U-Emperor Ashoka naye uyaziwa ngolawulo olungcono kunye nolusebenzayo. Wayesenza izinto ezininzi enceda abantu bakhe. I'Emblem' yeRiphabhlikhi yaseIndiya ithathwe kwiNtsika yoMlawuli uAshoka. 'I-Ashoka Chakra' inikwe indawo kwiflegi yesizwe yaseIndiya. U-Ashoka uthathwa njengoyena mlawuli mkhulu kwaye uthandwa kakhulu kwi-subcontinent yaseIndiya.