give me the brief discription of battle of Kalinga.?

Answer 1

The Kalinga War was a war fought between the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka the Great and the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located in on the coast of the present-day Indian state of Orissa. The war began in the 9th year of Ashoka's reign, probably in either 265 or 264 BC. Ashoka's father Bindusara had previously attempted to conquer Kalinga, but had been repulsed. After a bloody battle for the throne after Bindusara's death, Ashoka tried to annex Kalinga. He was successful only after a savage war, whose consequences changed Ashoka's views on war and led him to pledge never to wage a war. It is said that in the aftermath of the Battle of Kalinga the river running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain; about 100,000 Kalinga civilians and more than 10,000 of Ashoka's own warriors were among those slain. Ashoka had seen the blood shed himself from his own eyes the mangled bodies of both men and women from the young to the old, he could see over two hundred terrible sins he was the cause of from rivers of flowing blood to widows crying over there slain husbands till orphaned children, this made his heart broken in unbearable shame and guilt.

Answer 2

The Kalinga War was a war fought between the Mauryan Empire under Ashoka the Great and the state of Kalinga, a feudal republic located in on the coast of the present-day Indian state of Orissa. The war began in the 9th year of Ashoka's reign, probably in either 265 or 264 BC. Ashoka's father Bindusara had previously attempted to conquer Kalinga, but had been repulsed. After a bloody battle for the throne after Bindusara's death, Ashoka tried to annex Kalinga. He was successful only after a savage war, whose consequences changed Ashoka's views on war and led him to pledge never to wage a war. It is said that in the aftermath of the Battle of Kalinga the river running next to the battle field turned red with the blood of the slain; about 100,000 Kalinga civilians and more than 10,000 of Ashoka's own warriors were among those slain. Ashoka had seen the blood shed himself from his own eyes the mangled bodies of both men and women from the young to the old, he could see over two hundred terrible sins he was the cause of from rivers of flowing blood to widows crying over there slain husbands till orphaned children, this made his heart broken in unbearable shame and guilt. Ashoka's response to the Kalinga War is recorded in the Edicts of Ashoka. According to some of these (Rock Edict XIII and Minor Rock Edict I), the Kalinga War prompted Ashoka, already a non-engaged buddhist, to devote the rest of his life to Ahimsa (non-violence) and to Dhamma-Vijaya (victory through Dhamma). Following the conquest of Kalinga, Ashoka ended the military expansion of the empire and over 40 years of peace, harmony and prosperity followed until Ashoka's death

Answer 3

The early part of Ashoka's reign was apparently quite bloodthirsty. Ashoka was constantly on the war campaign, conquering territory after territory and significantly expanding the already large Mauryan empire and adding to his wealth. His last conquest was the state of Kalinga on the east coast of India in the present-day state of Orissa. Kalinga prided itself on its sovereignty and democracy; with its monarchical-parliamentary democracy, it was quite an exception in ancient Bharata, as there existed the concept of Rajdharma, meaning the duty of the rulers, which was intrinsically entwined with the concept of bravery and Kshatriya dharma.

The pretext for the start of the Kalinga War (265 BC or 263 BC) is uncertain. One of Ashoka's brothers - and probably a supporter of Susima - might have fled to Kalinga and found official refuge there. This enraged Ashoka immensely. He was advised by his ministers to attack Kalinga for this act of treachery. Ashoka then asked Kalinga's royalty to submit before his supremacy. When they defied this diktat, Ashoka sent one of his generals to Kalinga to make them submit.

The general and his forces were, however, completely routed through the skilled tactics of Kalinga's commander-in-chief. Ashoka, baffled by this defeat, attacked with the greatest invasion ever recorded in Indian history until then. Kalinga put up a stiff resistance, but they were no match for Ashoka's powerful armies, superior weapons and experienced generals and soldiers. The whole of Kalinga was plundered and destroyed: Ashoka's later edicts say that about 100,000 people were killed on the Kalinga side and 10,000 from Ashoka's army; thousands of men and women were deported..

Answer 4

The battle of kalinga was the only battle fought by Ashoka the great.the kalinga offered the stubborn ressistance.Ashoka won the battle after fierce bloodshed,but he renounced war after battle and became Buddhist.

Answer 5

Short Note On Ashoka

Answer 6

Magadhan Emperor, Asok succeeds to father Bindusar's throne in 269 BC. Chandragupta Mourya and Bindusar had built a mighty Magadh Empire extending up to Gandhar in North West, forcing and driving out Greek armies backward. The immediate plan of Asok's ambitious agenda was to strengthen Magadh further by carrying forward his grand father and father's legacy , His first military venture (the only one in his long life -ironically ) was to bring down the independent status of prosperous Kalinga and destroy its flourishing maritime trade supremacy in order to achieve and augment Magadhan access in to the overseas commercial advantage.
His epoch- making Kalinga war of 261 BC ,and victory march over a blood-soaked
valley of River Daya (Bhubaneswar ) turned the triumphant conquerer in to proverbial missionary , a monk rulling over
hearts across boundaries and ceturies. His supreme goal encrypted in blood of Kalingan troops was to disseminate the message of Dhamma.
Humanity would have never known of any man striving to infuse a cultural creed the world over , that he held so dear to his heart, as Asok did to spread the teachings of Buddha .

Answer 7

king ashka had most of the ancient india under his kingdom and he wanted to win that little corner on the east coast
when he went there prepared for the war, was surprised to find the women of the land up with arns ready to fight
although he won the battle eventually he was moved by the destruction and blood shed
its said after that war king ashoka adopted non-violence,budhism and promoted it all his life