Asoka

Another king from another kingdom who was given the title of ‘The Great’. Asoka the Great was the last of the great Indian empire of Maurya and he ruled from 269 BC. He too has great conquests and his empire was almost the entire Indian sub-continent. He was a kind and a good-hearted leader. After the bloody Kalinga War, he was so deeply moved and pained by the suffering that he denounced his throne and all his wealth and adopted Buddhism. Today, he is known as an important champion of Buddhism and he preached the values of Buddhism and the lesson from Buddha’s life to the people.