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title: "Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka"  
description: "Ashoka, popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was a ruler of the Maurya Empire of India during c. 268 to 232 BCE. Here's some facts about Ashoka"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-19  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1358/facts-about-indian-emperor-ashoka  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Ashoka", "Emperor Ashoka", "history", "Morya Dynasty"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka

![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/9b32e92d-5f1c-4520-8e9a-01baf76151be.jpeg) ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/2c32c43e-cf8a-480f-b440-62a670388258.jpeg) Emperor Ashoka built pillars to celebrate Buddhism ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/90932745-a060-43bc-9d62-f1c5c9644e13.jpeg) He was born in a polygamous family ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/b956f5bf-0c5c-4ea0-8d13-12cd647ee272.jpeg) Critics considered Ashoka to be more of a politician than a spiritual leader ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/4ae40422-25c6-4da3-a775-2946b2e889f3.jpeg) Emperor Ashoka ruled for 40 years ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/bf511aed-a491-4cbc-a377-da59510243e3.jpeg) Ashoka spread his religious messages through inscriptions ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/9b32e92d-5f1c-4520-8e9a-01baf76151be.jpeg) Emperor Ashoka had two wives ![Facts about Indian Emperor Ashoka](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/897d3014-4428-48c7-abed-c62babf82c08/images/16937074-05db-4c6f-9f03-8e0d79daf94c.jpeg) Bindusara dispatched prince Ashoka to suppress a rebellion in the city of Takshashila(Present day Pakistan)

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