. Indian historical studies . after an uneventfulreign of a quarter of a century. For eleven yearshe ruled as his predecessors had done, and then anevent happened which changed the whole tenor ofhis life. The kingdom of Kalinga, which lay betweenthe mouths of the Godaveri and Mahanadi rivers, androughly corresponded to the modern Vizagapatamand Ganjam districts, had became involved in adispute with its overlord. The usual war of exter-mination followed. Upwards of one hundred andfifty thousand captives had been made, a hundredthousand had been slain, and countless others hadperished miserably
. Indian historical studies . after an uneventfulreign of a quarter of a century. For eleven yearshe ruled as his predecessors had done, and then anevent happened which changed the whole tenor ofhis life. The kingdom of Kalinga, which lay betweenthe mouths of the Godaveri and Mahanadi rivers, androughly corresponded to the modern Vizagapatamand Ganjam districts, had became involved in adispute with its overlord. The usual war of exter-mination followed. Upwards of one hundred andfifty thousand captives had been made, a hundredthousand had been slain, and countless others hadperished miserably of starvation. Neither age norsex had been spared; even Brahmins and asceticshad perished with the rest. Asoka was filled withremorse at the sight of so much suffering. As ayoung man, he must have been familiar with thedoctrines of Buddhism, for Magadha had been thecentre of Gautamas religious activities. In hissorrow, Asoka sought consolation in the teachingsof the half-forgotten creed of his boyhood. He called ^ f--, l>.
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