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NDA 2021 GAT · General Knowledge · Ancient India · hard

Which Mauryan ruler gave up war after the Kalinga war and is described in Rock Edict XIII as feeling remorse for its destruction?

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Which Mauryan ruler gave up war after the Kalinga war and is described in Rock Edict XIII as feeling remorse for its destruction?
  1. A. Chandragupta Maurya
  2. B. Bindusara
  3. C. Dasharatha
  4. D. Ashoka
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Answer: (D) Ashoka

Rock Edict XIII records that Ashoka conquered Kalinga in about 261 BCE, and that the suffering moved him to adopt Dhamma and abandon conquest by war. Chandragupta founded the dynasty and Bindusara expanded it, but neither renounced war; Dasharatha, Ashoka's grandson, is known only for the Nagarjuni cave inscriptions.
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