Kalinga War: Know about India’s most dangerous war, the earth was stuck with corpses, history changed after this war

During the reign of Emperor Ashoka, the power of the Maurya Empire was at its peak. India’s borders extended from the Hindu Kush Mountains in the north-west to Afghanistan and Iran, Tibet in the north, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia in the north and Sri Lanka in the south. No state could face the power of Ashoka.

At this time the Kalinga Empire challenged Emperor Ashoka. Ashok’s father Bindusar also tried to conquer Kalinga. Therefore, Emperor Ashoka took an oath to conquer Kalinga and then took place the most fierce war in the history of India.

Emperor Ashoka, the most famous ruler of the Mauryan Empire, climbed with a vast army to conquer strategic and economically attractive Kalinga in 261 BC, and the war was fought on the banks of Daya River in the present Odisha.

Kalinga War was a bloody struggle. According to Ashoka’s inscriptions, more than 1 lakh people were killed and more than 1,50,000 people were injured in this war. Although Emperor Ashoka won this war, it was completely ruined. Because after this war, there was havoc all around. Millions of people became homeless.

Seeing the bloodshed and destruction in the Kalinga war, Emperor Ashoka changed his heart. While doing self -determination, Emperor Ashoka decided to renounce arms and took a fast of non -violence and adopted Buddhism.

The history of Emperor Ashoka and India changed after this war. After this war, Emperor Ashoka spread the principles of non -violence and compassion of Buddhism throughout the world.