His given name means "sorrowless," but he was called by such epithets as Beloved of the Gods and Gentle Visaged.
His given name means "sorrowless," but he was called by such epithets as Beloved of the Gods and Gentle Visaged. His sister, Sanghamitra, founded a nunnery and his brother, Mahendra, was missionary to Ceylon. He himself sent missions to Epirus, Cyrene and Egypt, built 84,000 stupas and gave up hunting. Seeing moral law as key to governing, he had edicts carved on pillars and rocks all over his land and the lions topping one serve as India's national symbol. For ten points, name this grandson of Chandragupta who may have become a Buddhist novice at some point and renounced violence after killing 100,000 Kalingas.
His given name means "sorrowless," but he was called by such epithets as Beloved of the Gods and Gentle Visaged.
{Ashoka}