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Who is Ashoka? And Why He is important?

 If you look at the flag of modern day India or the money changing hands between modern day Indians you may be surprised to discover that they have a link to an Emperor that reigned more than 2000 years ago.  This wheel and these lions are symbols of Ashoka the Great,  But he isn’t remember for his glorious conquests but rather for turning to the path of peace when violence probably would have served him better. He is one of if not the only powerful ruler in world history that tried to conquer by way of morality, and his giant stone pillars,once lost to the sands of time, but now raised again from the Earth tell the story of a complicated man, once bloodthirsty and then tranquil.  A man that transformed Buddhism from a small philosophical sect into a global religion. But could his entire legacy be made up? Ancient propaganda still working today. We’ll look at all of this and more on this double episode on the life and legacy of Ashoka the Great. Before Ashoka was his grandfather Chandr