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- 1. INTRODUCTIONHEN ? 261 BC HERE? PRESENT ORISSAHO? EMPEROR ASHOKA &KALINGRAJHY? ECONOMIC & POLITICALREASONS
- 2. LOCATION DAYA RIVER YUDH MERUDHA DHAULI HILL
- 3. KALINGA RICH LAND CAUSING TRADE PROBLEM BETWEENTWO MAURYAN EMPIRES UNCONQUERED STATE ASHOKATHE INDIAN EMPEROR OF MAURYA DYNASTY ASCENDED THRONE IN 273 BC. CONQUEST FOR EMPIRES. CHANDHASHOK.
- 4. IN THE 12th YEAROF HIS REIGN HESENT A LETTER TOKALINGRAJASKING ITSSUBMISSION BUTKALINGRAJREFUSED TOSUBMIT.
- 5. AS A RESULT ASHOKA LEAD AHUGE ARMY TO KALINGA THE WHOLE OF KALINGA TURNED INTO BATTLE ARENA IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME THATEMPEROR ASHOKA WAS ON BATTLEFIELD
- 6. 1,00,000 lakh kalingans lost their lives and 1,50,000 were injured. Equal number of Mauryansoldiers were also killed. Not even a single man in kalingawas alive to live a life of slavery.
- 7. The dhauli hill(dhauligiri)-place where kalinga war was foughtThe river Daya which turned blood red after the kalinga war. (in orrisa).
- 8. THIS WAR IS MENTIONED IN THE 13th ROCK EDICT OF KING ASHOKAMOST OF HIS ROCK EDICTS ARE INPALI LANGUAGETHEY WERE FOUND INUJJAIN,SANCHI,SARNATH,SOPARA,JUNAGAD
- 9. On witnessing bloodshed,devastated families dueto war AshokaEMBRACED BUDDHISM.REBUILT EMPIRE ON LINES OFPEACE & HARMONY.CONCEPT OF DHARMAVIJAYA.
- 10. DHAMMAMISSIONARIES WERE SENT TOSYRIA,GREECE,MACEDONIA,SRI LANKA.SOCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE.BUILT STUPAS, PILLARS, FOR SPREAD OFBUDDHISM & ENSHRINEMENT OF BUDDHASBODY RELICS
- 11. WARYTO UNIVERSAL PEACE
- 12. THANKYOU