5-12 Evaluate the achievements of the emperor Ashoka and assess his contribution to the expansion of Buddhism in India. 7-12 Analyze how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.

Michael Rutland is a Bhutanese citizen and the official envoy to Britain from this Buddhist monarchy. He also tutored the former king, and we asked him how Ashoka's ideas might play out in a ...

By contrast, well-manicured Sarnath, one of Buddhism’s four holy sites, is an orderly place for contemplative commemoration, with remnants of monasteries and other Buddhist structures.

The second episode of Michael Wood's journey through Indian history covers the last centuries BCE—the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the ...

Michael Rutland is a Bhutanese citizen and the official envoy to Britain from this Buddhist monarchy. He also tutored the former king, and we asked him how Ashoka's ideas might play out in a ...

Buddhism has deeply influenced Asian cultures, with various branches, including Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. It spread ...

The day he chose was the day of Ashoka Vijaya Dashmi, the day emperor Ashoka had converted to Buddhism. Deekshabhoomi Deekshabhoomi is one of the major Buddhist pilgrim centres in India.

A delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks visited Ashoka's Rock Edict at Shahbazgarhi in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday. Ashoka was a well-known Mauryan Emperor of South Asia, who ...

Sumedh Thero lauded PM Modi for the work done for the Buddhist community. He said after Emperor Ashoka, Kanishka and Samudragupta, PM Modi is the only ruler who has done positive work for Buddhists.

Michael Rutland is a Bhutanese citizen and the official envoy to Britain from this Buddhist monarchy. He also tutored the former king, and we asked him how Ashoka's ideas might play out in a ...