Mauryan emperor, the first Indian ruler to adopt Buddhism.
This man designed a building that looked like a palace but was in fact a prison, called his "hell." During a revolt in the Avanti Kingdom, this man concealed his wounds from his brother Susima in order to avoid a war of succession. After this man invaded Takshashila, his brothers exiled him. This man experienced a religious conversion after the bloodshed of the Kalinga War and named himself Priyadarsi, or "Beloved of the Gods," on many of his new edicts, which he inscribed on stupas featuring his twenty-four-spoked "wheel of righteousness" and statues of lions. For 10 points, name this Mauryan emperor, the first Indian ruler to adopt Buddhism.
This man designed a building that looked like a palace but was in fact a prison, called his "hell."
Ashoka Maurya [or Ashoka the Great]