Today in this article we are going to tell you about the history of Kalinga war.
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History of Kalinga War
Mahapadmananda had annexed Kalinga in his kingdom. At the time of Chandragupta Maurya, who had extended the kingdom to almost all the remote areas of India, Kalinga must have been a part of the Magadha Empire. Probably declared its independence in Kalinga during the period of Bindusara.
Ashoka attacked Kalinga to change this challenge as his subject. Kalinga was also a commercially important state at that time. Ashoka did the consecration in 261 BC. Kalinga war started. After this war, the extent of the Maurya Empire expanded to the vertical. This was the immediate benefit of the Kalinga war.
The conquest of Kalinga was an important event in the history of Magadha and all of India, after which a period of Mauryan conquests and kingdom expansion came to an end. A new era started after the Kalinga war and this was the era of peace, social progress and religious propaganda. From this the era of military victory and Digvijay ended and the war of spiritual science and Dhamma victory started.
Thus the Kalinga war changed Ashoka's heart. His heart was stirred with kindness and compassion for humanity and he vowed to stop the war activities forever. After the Kalinga war, Ashoka adopted Buddhism and used all the resources of the state for the welfare of the people.