Q. Ashoka converted to which religion after the Kalinga war?

A
Jainism
B
Buddhism
C
Christianity
D
Judaism
Solution:

Ashoka was the grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya.

The Kalinga War (ended c. 262 BCE) was fought in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and King of Raja Anantha of the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh .

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