south/se asia Flashcards
born to predecessor Bindusura
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conquered Kingdom of Kalinga
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Moggaliputta Tissa spiritual guide
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son Mahinda credited with bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka
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daughter Sanghamitta
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namesake rock and pillar edicts outline policies and dharmic philosophy
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wife Devi
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supported by ministers after brother slapped a bald head, but he later decapitated them
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threw brother Susima into a charcoal pit
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father followed Ajivikas tradition, give answer and father
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namesake pillar in Sarnath shows four lion heads
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one structure became national emblem of India
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allegedly killed 99 brothers to take throne
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planted mango groves and shade trees along his roads to aid travelers
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Girika in charge of an elaborate torture chamber called this ruler’s “hell”
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The “schism edict” is sometimes taken as evidence that this ruler expelled thousands of heretics at the “third council”
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Inscriptions in Greek, Aramaic, and Brahmi declared this leader to be “Devanampiya”, or “Beloved of the Gods”
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banned sacrifice of animals in one edict
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namesake torture chamber designed to look like a palace
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“lion capital” in Sarnath
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James Prinsep was the first European to translate inscriptions made by this ruler that were written in Prakrit
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stated that “All men are my children”
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known for his 24-spoked “wheel of righteousness”
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referred to as “Piodasses”
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