Ashoka (268-232 BCE) was the son of Bindusara and the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya (the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty). During the peak of his reign, Ashoka ruled almost all parts of the current-day Indian subcontinent except for some parts of Southern India.
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Chandragupta Maurya
Chandragupta was the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, the first pan-Indian empire that thrived between the 4th to the 2nd […]
Mahavira
Founder of the present-day Jainism, Mahavira (also known as Kevala or Vardhamana), was a great Jain sage who is recognized […]
Ashtadhyayi
Between the 6th to 5th century BCE, ancient Indian scholar Panini standardized the grammar of the Sanskrit language by establishing […]
Buddha
‘Buddhi’ means the intellect and ‘Dha’ means mastery. So, anyone who has attained complete mastery over his/her intellect is referred […]