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Ashoka
असोको pi अशोकः sa ཆོས་རྒྱལ་མྱ་ངན་མེད་ bo
Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
- Child of Bindusara and Subhadrangi
- Married to Tishyaraksha, Karuvaki, Devi and 2 more
- Dated 304 BCE – 232 BCE
Overview
Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCEWikidata record description. Read Ashoka in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Belonged to
Offices held 1
Family tree
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The family as a list · 14
Family 14
- child of (child) Bindusara Mauryan Emperor
- child of (mother) Subhadrangi
- of the house Maurya dynasty Dynasty in India
- parent of (child) Charumati
- parent of (child) Kunala crown prince of the Maurya Empire
- parent of (father) Mahinda Buddhist monk of 3rd century BC
- parent of (father) Sangamitta Indian Buddhist nun
- parent of (child) Tivala
- sibling of Vitashoka
- married to Devi first wife of Ashoka
- married to Padmavati Ashoka's wife
- married to Asandhimitra
- married to Karuvaki
- married to Tishyaraksha
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 1
Ashoka Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
Explained connections
Connections
Succession in office 1
Documented influence 1
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