Ashoka

Ashoka 
300 BC-232 BC ±
King in the history of India may once Ashoka, the third ruler of the Mauryan dynasty and the grandson of the founder of that dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta an Indian military leaders are - in a time almost coincided with the war launched by Alexander the Great - conquered almost all parts of North India, and by itself can considered the first founder of a great empire in India. Year of birth Asoka exactly 

 when is unknown. It may well be approaching the year 300 BC and he ascended the throne about the year 273 BC. At first he followed the footsteps of his great-grandfather and trying to expand territory through military action. In year 8 the reign he cleared the successful war against Kalinga, a country on the east coast of India (approximate location of Orissa today). But, once he realized how powerful the price that must be redeemed for this victory, Asoka was struck inward. One hundred thousand people were killed, and hundreds of thousands of people were injured. Depressed and feel guilty, Asoka decided to stop the military movement to conquer India, and with it distance itself from the aggressive actions, he became a Buddhist and accept his philosophy, tried to practice the values ​​of "dharma" which contain running errands truth, virtue and  no aggressive.
Create your own personal Asoka stopped hunting and became a "vegeterian" (do not eat meat except vegetables). In other important aspects are still a lot of attitudes that embrace humanity. He founded hospitals and places of worship, issuing rules that ease
for residents, building roads and advancing waters. Even Asoka specifically appointed government officials called "official dharma", in charge of telling the people to worship God, in order to develop the kind of life-good spirit of fellow human beings.

All religions have the same place in the kingdom. Tolerance Ashoka seem real at all, although Buddhism gained special attention to the profitable growth of that religion. Buddhistemissaries sent abroad, and their mission to achieve great results, especially in Sri Lanka.

Asoka's life and ordered the records are written in step to wisdom poles or rocks scattered across the country. Many of these monuments can still hold up today.
The placement of these monuments are geographically allows us to obtain reliable information about the broad powers of Asoka, and the writings on it are the main source of our knowledge about the career. Incidentally, these poles are also considered a high level of art work.
Within fifty years after Asoka's death, Mauryan Empire mess and can never rise again. Meanwhile, through his support for Buddhism, Assoka long-term impact on the world in itself be very large. When he ascended the throne, Buddhist devotees still very small, just be local, known only in the northwestern part of India. But, when his death, followers already covers the whole of India and its influence has spread rapidly to neighboring countries. More than anyone else - except Gautama himself - Ashoka was a man responsible for the development of Buddhism into a religion of the world