Emperor Ashoka is called “Chakravarti Samrat”. Chakravarti Samrat means emperor of emperors. Only Emperor Ashoka got this title in India. Emperor Ashoka is a character in Indian history that cannot be ...

Ashoka’s mother’s name was Subhadrangi. His wife’s name was Devi or Vedisa who was princess of Ujjaini. His other two wives were Asandhimitra and Karuvaki. Mahendra, Tivara (the only one mentioned in ...

Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...

BHUBANESWAR: Ancient Odisha was known for the religious consciousness of its people and architectural prowess of Odia sculptors. It was Kalinga, where a mighty king, Ashoka, underwent transformation ...

The recent administrative changes and political developments in the state of Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian government ended the State’s special status,Hindus and Buddhists there got an ...

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor, is remembered not only for his victories but also for embracing peace after the Kalinga War. Discover why he is called “the Great,” his achievements, like ...

Nangchen: A 2,000-year-old lost Stupa, one of the 19 built with Lord Buddha’s relics sent by Emperor Ashoka to China, has been renovated and restored with religious rites by an Indian monk in this ...

Emperor Ashoka was a stubby man, who as a prince, visited a site in Odisha with his girlfriend. When I went to Kathmandu in 1966 as an English teacher, I was taken to the city of Patan and shown some ...

Professor Sunil Khilnani looks at the legacies of The Buddha and Mahavira Jain as well as the once-forgotten Emperor Ashoka and the mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata. Show more Rupa Jha ...