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ID: 6000450
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Record Type:
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Asoka's Empire (former nation/state/empire)
Note:
Asoka, the last major emperor in the Mauryan dynasty, conquered the Kalinga country on the Bay of Bengal in 260 BCE. Later, Asoka abandoned his policy of conquest in favor of a policy of "Victory of Righteousness."
Names:
Asoka's Empire
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C
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O
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Ashoka's Empire
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H
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V
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Bhārat
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Asoka's Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
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World
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Asia
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Mauryan Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
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Asoka's Empire
(former nation/state/empire) (
P,
H
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Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
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C
)
empire (
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Sources and Contributors:
Ashoka's Empire..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 12 August 2004
Asoka's Empire..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
337
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 12 August 2004
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
337
Note:
English
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[
VP
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