Ashoka
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- Ashoka becomes Emperor
- I'm the emperor now because my father died. Now all of you bow down to me or you will die. NOW!!
- SHEEEEEEEEEEEESH
- Ashoka establishes the Death Penalty
- For the crime of petty theft, I sentence you to death!
- WE WON THE WAR!!!
- The Bloody War of Kalinga
- Around the time of 265 BCE, Ashoka became the third ruler of the Mauryan Empire, He planned on expanding his empire by force.
- Ashoka Realizes What's Happening
- But at what cost?
- Shortly after becoming emperor, he decided to establish strict laws imposing the death penalty, even for very minor and small crimes.
- Ashoka and the Monk
- How is he possibly so calm right now? Weird...
- The Mauryan Empire won the war of Kalinga, and the Kalingans were massacred or sold into slavery.
- Ashoka Converts to Buddhism
- Ashoka comes to the scene of the battle and starts to weep as he sees the death and destruction that he caused, while watching the defeated Kalingans being led into slavery by his army.
- Ashoka saw a monk that was completely calm among the chaos, and wondered how he was still so calm, and how he could seem so happy, even when it seemed impossible to.
- After seeing this, he converted to Buddhism. He renounced war and began a reign of peace and nonviolence. He had several temples built throughout India. He sent missionaries as far as Sri Lanka, Syria, China, and Greece to spread the message of Buddha.
- I officially abolish the Death Penalty!
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