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
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}