Ashoka
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Ashoka (304 - 232 TOA) bụ eze ukwu nke atọ nke Alaeze Ukwu Maurya nke subcontinent India n'oge 268 ruo 232 TOA. Ọ bụ Eze India kacha ukwuu n'oge niile. Alaeze ya kpuchiri akụkụ buru ibu nke mpaghara India, na-esi na Afghanistan nke ugbu a dị n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ ruo Bangladesh ugbu a dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ, isi obodo ya na Pataliputra. Onye na-akwado okpukpe Buddha, a na-ekwu na ọ na-ekere òkè dị mkpa na mgbasa nke okpukpe Buddha n'ofe Eshia oge ochie.
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