Ashoka of the Peacock Dynasty

Ashoka was the third king of the peacock dynasty of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, and he was a deep believer in Buddhism, so he was called the King of Sanssouci.

In 327 BC, Alexander the Great of the Macedonian Empire led a large army across the Hindu Kush Mountains and invaded ancient India, met with stubborn resistance from the Indians. In 325 BC, Alexander retreated from the Indus Valley, but he established a governor in Punjab and left an army behind.

The most powerful state in the Ganges Plain at that time was the kingdom of Magadha under the rule of King Nanda. In 327 BC, a young aristocratic young man from the country named Jandhara Gupta was born in the country. Rise up and organize an army against the Macedonian army. In 324 BC, he led an army to Huashi, the capital of the magadha, which is now Patna, and overthrew the family of King Nanda and made it huashi. Since his family made it their home to raise peacocks, he also called his new dynasty the Peacock Dynasty.

In 298 BC, Jandhara and Dodo died, and his son Pintou Sharo ascended the throne. During his reign, Hetou Sharo continued to expand outward, eliminating the sixteen monarchs of the Great Cities and continuing to expand the empire. Because the Peacock Dynasty expanded too quickly, the dynastic rule was not stable, and rebellions often occurred everywhere.

In 273 BC, Pintou Sharo died of illness, and before his death, he did not have a prince, and in order to compete for the throne, the princes and princesses began a brutal fight.

One of the princes, Ashoka, was appointed governor of Abanthi province by his father when he was eighteen years old. Soon after, he went to the northwestern town of Forks and Luo to suppress the rebellion, and he was appointed governor of the region. Since then, Ashoka has emerged and accumulated political capital. After the death of his father, Ashoka also joined the struggle for the prince. After four years of fighting, Ashoka killed 99 brothers and sisters, and finally won the victory, and in 269 BC held an empowerment ceremony, becoming the third monarch of the Peacock Dynasty.

Ashoka was a man of brutal nature and killed countless people. After succeeding to the throne, he specially set up a hell on earth to brutalize the people of the country with the most vicious and cruel officials. He continued his conquests along the footprints of his predecessors, conquering the kingdoms of Shiva and Karma.

It is estimated that many people have not heard of the country of Karinga, which is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal today, and is a powerful country in ancient India, with a prosperous economy and developed maritime trade. In the military field, there were 10,000 cavalry, 60,000 infantry, and hundreds of war elephants.

In 262 BC, Ashoka himself conquered Karma. Although Kalinga was powerful, it ultimately failed in the face of the powerful Peacock Dynasty. 100,000 people were killed, 150,000 karyungas were captured, and even the murderous Ashoka was shocked to see the scene of the corpses like mountains and rivers of blood. After the conquest of Karma, the entire South Asian subcontinent, bordering the Western Boundary of Assam in the east, Mysore in the south, the Hindu Kush Mountains in the west, and the southern foothills of the Himalayas in the north, all became the territory of the Peacock Dynasty except for the southern tip. The Peacock Dynasty became the first indian dynasty in history to be basically unified.

Due to the state of the Karma-Gala War, Ashoka was very shocked. So he decided to convert to Buddhism and declared Buddhism the state religion. Stone pillars were erected throughout India and stone walls were excavated. He also gathered a large number of senior monks, compiled and organized Buddhism, and built many temples and pagodas in various places. At the same time, various princes and princesses were sent as messengers to neighboring countries. With his support, Buddhism grew stronger. Later, it spread to Ceylon, Egypt, Syria, Myanmar, Thailand and China, and became a world religion. For the development of Buddhism, Ashoka was an important figure second only to Shakyamuni Buddha.