What If the British Had Raided Ashoka’s India? Had Ashoka’s war-driven empire survived into the colonial era, the British would have faced a vastly different India.

Ashoka symbolizes one of India's great ages. After years of brutal rule and the bloody Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt tremendous regret for the violence he wrought upon his enemies. He converted ...

Derived from the Sanskrit word "jina," meaning "to conquer," Jainism teaches that all life forms have an eternal soul bound by karma in a never-ending cycle of rebirth. Through nonviolence or ...

The historical importance of the Patna city can be witnessed by the fact that there was a time during Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta and Ashoka had ruled not only rest part of India, even Kandhar and ...

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In 1947 on her 21st birthday, the future Queen Elizabeth II made a heartfelt speech dedicating her adult life to the service of her people. She did it in a BBC radio broadcast from South Africa ...