Emperor Ashok was one of his kind, with an empire parallel to no other Indian king in indian history. Ashok Vijay Dashmi is celebrated to commemorate the date of Emperor Ashok's act of submitting to Buddha and his Dhamma.
Emperor Ashok was a great warrior and had attained all the qualities of a great King. He waged war against kingdom of Kalinga(Orissa), whic he won but was moved by the bloodshed and loss of life in the war. He was shaken to the core. In this situation it was only in Buddhist way if life he could see his peace.
Emperor Ashok was indeed a great soul. He erected stupas and stone inscriptions all round the country conveying Buddha's message of peace and love. One such inscription was deciphered by James Princep , this discovery led to the fact that Ashok was addressed to as 'Devanam Piyadassi' I e., One who is loved by Gods'.
Emperor Ashok has done a great favour on India and its people by establishing a country with ethically motivated individuals.He helped establish Buddhism in neighbouring countries and had even motivated his own children to be Buddhist monks and sent them out of India for spreading message of Buddhism.
We as a nation pay our homage to Samrat Ashok for his tremendous sevice to the cause of Buddhism India and World.
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