THE KALINGA WAR
wHEN ? 261 BC
HERE? PRESENT ORISSA
HO? EMPEROR ASHOKA & KALINGRAJ
HY? ECONOMIC & POLITICAL REASONS
INTRODUCTION
DAYA RIVER
LOCATION
DHAULI HILL
YUDH MERUDHA
THE INDIAN EMPEROR OF MAURYA DYNASTY ASCENDED THRONE IN 273 BC. CONQUEST FOR EMPIRES. CHANDHASHOK.
KALINGA RICH LAND
CAUSING TRADE PROBLEM BETWEEN TWO MAURYAN EMPIRES
UNCONQUERED STATEASHOKA
IN THE 12th YEAR OF HIS REIGN HE SENT A LETTER TO KALINGRAJ ASKING ITS SUBMISSION BUT KALINGRAJ REFUSED TO SUBMIT.
AS A RESULT ASHOKA LEAD A HUGE ARMY TO KALINGA
THE WHOLE OF KALINGA TURNED INTO BATTLE ARENA
IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT EMPEROR ASHOKA WAS ON BATTLEFIELD
1,00,000 lakh kalingans lost their lives and 1,50,000 were injured.
Equal number of Mauryan soldiers were also killed.
Not even a single man in kalinga was alive to live a life of slavery.
The river Daya which turned blood red after the kalinga war.
The dhauli hill(dhauligiri)-place where kalinga war was fought
(in orrisa).
THEY WERE FOUND IN UJJAIN,SANCHI,SARNATH,SOPARA,JUNAGAD
MOST OF HIS ROCK EDICTS ARE IN “PALI” LANGUAGE
THIS WAR IS MENTIONED IN THE 13th ROCK EDICT OF KING ASHOKA
EMBRACED BUDDHISM.
REBUILT EMPIRE ON LINES OF PEACE & HARMONY.
CONCEPT OF DHARMAVIJAYA.
On witnessing bloodshed,devastated families due to war Ashoka
DHAMMA
MISSIONARIES WERE SENT TO SYRIA,GREECE,MACEDONIA,SRI LANKA.
SOCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE.BUILT STUPAS, PILLARS, FOR SPREAD OF BUDDHISM & ENSHRINEMENT OF BUDDHA’S BODY RELICS
WA
RY
TO UNIVERSAL PEACE
THANKYOU
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