Beginning his reign around 270 B.C., after a successful but  bloody conquest of the Kalinga country he became sickened by the  misery caused by war.
Beginning his reign around 270 B.C., after a successful but  bloody conquest of the Kalinga country he became sickened by the  misery caused by war. Renouncing armed conquest, he adopted the  Buddhist religion and a policy which he called "conquest by dharma  [dar-muh]", furthering the expansion of Buddhism throughout India.  For ten points, name this third and last major emperor of the  Mauryan dynasty of India.
Beginning his reign around 270 B.C., after a successful but  bloody conquest of the Kalinga country he became sickened by the  misery caused by war.
{Ashoka} or {Asoka}