Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...

The decline of the Maurya Dynasty was rather rapid after the death of Ashoka/Asoka. One obvious reason for it was the succession of weak kings. Another immediate cause was the partition of the Empire ...

In the 4th century B.C., Nanda kings ruled Magadha dynasty and this dynasty was the most powerful kingdom of the north. A Brahman minister called Chanakya also known as Kautilya, trained a young man i ...

Ashoka Maurya was the grandson of the great Indian emperor, Chandragupta Maurya. After the loss of over a 100,000 people in the war of Kalinga, Ashoka was struck by guilt. Giving up war entirely, he ...

Patna: Archaeologists have expressed grave concern over the plight of an 80-pillar assembly hall, where emperor Ashoka is believed to have held meetings more than 2,000 years ago, calling for its ...

Adding to its lineup of diamond-encrusted timepieces, Jacob & Co. recently introduced its Billionaire ASHOKA Watch. An updated take on the 18 million USD Billionaire watch famously purchased by Floyd ...

The ochre-colored Sangre de Cristo foothills of northern New Mexico, where mountains, mesas and sky meet, are as enchanted a place as any to make or hear opera. The Sante Fe Opera has long taken ...