Northwestern frontier was already demarcated by Chandragupta Maurya  Asoka’s inscriptions mention the southernmost kingdoms- Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras and Keralaputras as border states. Therefore these states […]

About 261 BCE, Asoka became a Sakya Upasaka (lay disciple) and two and a half years later, a Bikshu (monk) He visited Bodhgaya, and organized […]

There is little information regarding the early life of Asoka. He acted as Governor of Ujjain and also suppressed a revolt in Taxila during his […]

Bindusara was called by the Greeks as “Amitragatha” meaning slayer of enemies He is said to have conquered the Deccan up to Mysore  The Sangam […]