Kalinga war ppt

ppt about kalinga war,how it lead to peace and spread of buddhism.

1. THE KALINGA WAR

2. w HEN ? 261 BC HERE? PRESENT ORISSA HO? EMPEROR ASHOKA & KALINGRAJ HY? ECONOMIC & POLITICAL REASONS INTRODUCTION

3. DAYA RIVER LOCATION DHAULI HILL YUDH MERUDHA

4. THE INDIAN EMPEROR OF MAURYA DYNASTY ASCENDED THRONE IN 273 BC. CONQUEST FOR EMPIRES. CHANDHASHOK. KALINGA RICH LAND CAUSING TRADE PROBLEM BETWEEN TWO MAURYAN EMPIRES UNCONQUERED STATE ASHOKA

5. IN THE 12 th YEAR OF HIS REIGN HE SENT A LETTER TO KALINGRAJ ASKING ITS SUBMISSION BUT KALINGRAJ REFUSED TO SUBMIT.

6. AS A RESULT ASHOKA LEAD A HUGE ARMY TO KALINGA THE WHOLE OF KALINGA TURNED INTO BATTLE ARENA IT WAS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT EMPEROR ASHOKA WAS ON BATTLEFIELD

7. 1,00,000 lakh kalingans lost their lives and 1,50,000 were injured. Equal number of Mauryan soldiers were also killed. Not even a single man in kalinga was alive to live a life of slavery.

8. The river Daya which turned blood red after the kalinga war. The dhauli hill( dhauligiri )-place where kalinga war was fought (in orrisa ).

9. THEY WERE FOUND IN UJJAIN,SANCHI,SARNATH,SOPARA,JUNAGAD MOST OF HIS ROCK EDICTS ARE IN “PALI” LANGUAGE THIS WAR IS MENTIONED IN THE 13 th ROCK EDICT OF KING ASHOKA

10. EMBRACED BUDDHISM. REBUILT EMPIRE ON LINES OF PEACE & HARMONY. CONCEPT OF DHARMAVIJAYA. On witnessing bloodshed,devastated families due to war Ashoka

11. DHAMMA MISSIONARIES WERE SENT TO SYRIA,GREECE,MACEDONIA,SRI LANKA. SOCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE. BUILT STUPAS, PILLARS, FOR SPREAD OF BUDDHISM & ENSHRINEMENT OF BUDDHA’S BODY RELICS

12. WA R Y TO UNIVERSAL PEACE

13. THANKYOU