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Causes and Effect of Kalinga War on Ashoka Ashoka Priyadarsi ascended the Magadhan throne as the new Maurya ruler in 273 B.C. Ashoka was anxious to distinguish himself as a conqueror. Ashoka was ascended to the throne in 273 B.C.. But he was coronated four years later and in the 9 th year of his reign after coronation, he invaded Kalinga and conquered it. Causes of Kalinga War The Modern day Orissa and Ganjam was the Ancient Kalinga. The exact reason of invading Kalinga is not known. It is known that Kalinga was a part of Magadhan Empire during the time of the Nandas. Then what led Ashoka to re-conquer it. • According to Dr. H. C. Raychowdhury, Asoka attacked Kalinga because Kalinga had asserted its independence taking the opportunity of general revolt during the time of Bindusara’s rule. • According to some historians, Kalinga had increased its military power from the time of Chandragupta to that of Asoka and Asoka could not ignore the complexity of the situation. Kalinga had a vast army and could be detrimental for the security of the Maurya Empire. It was also true that due to her commercial relation with Malay, Java and Ceylon Kalinga had enormous material prosperity. Possibly this had also provoked Asoka to invade Kalinga. • According to Dr. R.S.Tripathy during that period of confusion that followed the overthrow of the Nandas, Kalinga declared independence. Chandragupta had no time to reconquer it and Bindusara had no intension for this. Moreover since its independen...

The battle of Kalinga was the turning point in King Ashoka’s life. In the battle of Kalinga, more than 100,000 people were killed, and 150,000 people were made prisoners of the war. This caused misery in the life of many women and children. This war impacted Ashoka; he decided not to wage any more war. He decided to devote the rest of the life to spread the dharma.

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Bhubaneswar, India (261 BC) The Kalinga War was the last major effort of expansion of the Maurya Empire in India, and the final military campaign of Ashoka the Great. The battle, which was actually a series of engagements in the Dhauli Hills, is believed to have been the bloodiest campaign in history until World War I nearly twenty-two centuries later. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed during the fighting, and perhaps over a million civilians were subsequently killed. Although the war ended in a victory for Ashoka, so horrific was the bloodshed that the emperor was prompted to devote the rest of his life to non-violence. The site of the battle is marked by a great outcropping of rock carved with a number of Edicts of Ashoka, and the area is now a place of pilgrimage. History The Maurya Empire was one of the oldest and largest realms ever carved out of the Indian subcontinent. Established in the wake of Alexander the Great’s withdrawal in the 4th century, it grew to its greatest height under Ashoka, one of the greatest and most beloved emperors in Indian history. By the 3rd century BC it incorporated almost all of what is now India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Outside of the southern tip of India, only the eastern realm of Kalinga held out. Under the rulership of dynamic and capable kings, Kalinga managed to survive several attempts at conquest by the Mauryas, most notably by Chandragupta, Ashoka’s grandfather. This independence lasted through the re...

The Kalinga War (ending circa 261 BCE) was fought in ancient India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the Kalinga empire, located on the east coast, in what is now Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh. Presumably, the battle took place on the Dhauli hills in Dhauli, which is located on the banks of the Daya River. The Kalinga War was one of India’s largest and bloodiest conflicts. This is the only significant battle Ashoka engaged in after ascending to the throne. In actuality, this conflict marks the end of ancient India’s empire-building and military conquests, which began with the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The conflict claimed over 250,000 lives. Contents • • • • The Kalinga War of 261 B.C. is widely regarded as the pivotal event in Odisha’s history. Thus begins Orissa’s dated history. The Mauryan conquest of Kalinga not only added another feather to the already crowned Magadhan imperialism, but also wrought a sea change in the land’s existing polity. While the Nandas established their authority over Kalinga, they almost certainly altered the state’s existing administrative structure. Ashoka established an elaborate system of administration for this newly conquered province following the Kalinga war. A detailed account of this war can be found in Rock Edict XIII, which was discovered in Pakistan’s Shahbazgarh. Kainga was ruled by Magadha until Dhana Nanda. Kalinga most likely broke away from Magadhan imperialism during the revolt of Kautilya and Chandra...

Kalinga War The Kalinga war was a conflict between the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga. Kalinga comprises present day states of Odisha and south-eastern Andhra Pradesh. As per available information, it was one of the deadliest conflicts in ancient India and the scale of the violence prompted Asoka to give up military conquests for the foreseeable future. The Kalinga War is an important topic in the Ancient Indian History segment of the Background of the Kalinga War The Mauryan Empire by the time of Kalinga had a sound geographical location with trade routes leading to Southeast Asia. It had many important ports and a strong navy. A powerful state on the fringes of the Mauryan Empire would be problematic as it could disrupt the communication lines between the Mauryan capital of Pataliputra and its holdings in the central Indian peninsula. Kalinga was once under the rule of the Nanda Empire until it fell in 321 BC. Chandragupta Maurya had tried to conquer the state, but failed to do so. His grandson Kalinga War- Facts about the Kalinga War • The panic of war completely changed the personality of Ashoka. He felt great regret for the killings of the war. He left the policy of aggression and adopted the policy for the welfare of people and animals. • Ashoka sent ambassadors of peace to the Greek kingdoms in west Asia and several other countries. Events of the Kalinga War There are limited sources about the exact nature and events about the Kalinga War. What...

Reading Time: 8 minutes Emperor Ashoka’s war against Kalinga in 260 BCE was a defining moment in ancient Indian history. The death and mayhem unleashed by Ashoka’s army decimated Kalinga, killing and maiming lakhs of people. And, as the story goes, so moved was the Emperor by the outcome of the war that he embraced Buddhism and became a pacifist. But why did Ashoka attack Kalinga in the first place? And if he intended to occupy Kalinga by force, why did he feel regret after his victory? What was the state of Kalinga before Ashoka’s invasion? In this blog series, we go beyond commonly held views and delve deep into the causes of the Kalinga war and its aftermath. Kalinga before Ashoka Seafarers par excellence Sandwiched between the undulating hills of the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, Kalinga was blessed with several fast-flowing rivers that provided both a means of navigation as well as water for irrigation. The country had been populated from time immemorial with the fertile land sustaining a very large population. Geographically, Kalinga was spread out between the mouth of the Ganges in the north and the Godavari in the south. The citizens of Kalinga were natural seafarers and armed with a deep knowledge of the monsoon winds, established trade routes with far eastern countries such as (present-day) Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. For a relatively small-sized kingdom, Kalinga became immensely wealthy and the richness of the kingdom soon invited ...