Kalinga war ppt

THE KALINGA WAR

wHEN ? 261 BC

HERE? PRESENT ORISSA

HO? EMPEROR ASHOKA & KALINGRAJ

HY? ECONOMIC & POLITICAL REASONS

INTRODUCTION

DAYA RIVER

LOCATION

DHAULI HILL

YUDH MERUDHA

THE INDIAN EMPEROR OF MAURYA DYNASTY ASCENDED THRONE IN 273 BC. CONQUEST FOR EMPIRES. CHANDHASHOK.

KALINGA RICH LAND

CAUSING TRADE PROBLEM BETWEEN TWO MAURYAN EMPIRES

UNCONQUERED STATEASHOKA

IN THE 12th YEAR OF HIS REIGN HE SENT A LETTER TO KALINGRAJ ASKING ITS SUBMISSION BUT KALINGRAJ REFUSED TO SUBMIT.

AS A RESULT ASHOKA LEAD A HUGE ARMY TO KALINGA

THE WHOLE OF KALINGA TURNED INTO BATTLE ARENA

IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT EMPEROR ASHOKA WAS ON BATTLEFIELD

1,00,000 lakh kalingans lost their lives and 1,50,000 were injured.

Equal number of Mauryan soldiers were also killed.

Not even a single man in kalinga was alive to live a life of slavery.

The river Daya which turned blood red after the kalinga war.

The dhauli hill(dhauligiri)-place where kalinga war was fought

(in orrisa).

THEY WERE FOUND IN UJJAIN,SANCHI,SARNATH,SOPARA,JUNAGAD

MOST OF HIS ROCK EDICTS ARE IN “PALI” LANGUAGE

THIS WAR IS MENTIONED IN THE 13th ROCK EDICT OF KING ASHOKA

EMBRACED BUDDHISM.

REBUILT EMPIRE ON LINES OF PEACE & HARMONY.

CONCEPT OF DHARMAVIJAYA.

On witnessing bloodshed,devastated families due to war Ashoka

DHAMMA

MISSIONARIES WERE SENT TO SYRIA,GREECE,MACEDONIA,SRI LANKA.

SOCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE.BUILT STUPAS, PILLARS, FOR SPREAD OF BUDDHISM & ENSHRINEMENT OF BUDDHA’S BODY RELICS

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RY

TO UNIVERSAL PEACE

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