![]() The difference is that Ashoka ruled over many more people, and his reign was compassionate and benign. ![]() The Mauryan Empire that he ruled has been compared to the Athenian Golden Age under Pericles (circa 440 B.C). Ashoka was an enlightened ruler, especially after he embraced Buddhism. Wells in his book “A Short History of the World” observed that Ashoka’s rule circa 250 B.C. After all, we have produced such great spiritual leaders and philosophers such as the Buddha, Mahavira and Shankaracharya as well as great emperors such as Bimbisara, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka the Great and Vikramaditya. ![]() India’s ancient history is at least as glorious and noteworthy as that of the Persians, Greeks or Romans. What about Indian kings, someone asked me? What about our own glorious history and heritage? Why are you not writing about that? All very valid questions – and they are right. In my last few ancient history posts, I have written about Hannibal (the great Carthaginian general), Cyrus the Great, Darius I and Xerxes (the great Persian emperors of the Achaemenid Empire) and briefly about Alexander and Julius Caesar.
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