A̠shoka
| Sex or gender | male  |
|---|---|
| Country of citizenship | Maurya empire |
| ཕ་སྐད་ཐོག་གི་མིང། | अशोक, असोक |
| Date of birth | 304 BCE |
| Place of birth | Patna |
| Date of death | 232 BCE |
| Place of death | Patna |
| Father | Bindusara |
| Mother | Subhadrangi |
| Sibling | Vitashoka |
| Spouse | Tishyaraksha, Karuvaki, Devi, Padmavati, Asandhimitra |
| Child | Kunala, Mahinda, Sangamitta, Tivala, Charumati |
| Relative | Chandragupta Maurya |
| Family | Maurya dynasty |
| Native language | Sanskrit |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | Prakrit |
| Occupation | politician, emperor, bhikṣu |
| Position held | Mauryan Emperor |
| Student of | Upagupta |
| Religion or worldview | Buddhism |
| Head of state | Maurya empire |
| Influenced by | The Buddha |
Ashoka, Ba bvo ku bvwo bu̱ Asoka au Aśoka (/əˈʃoʊkə/[7] ə-SHOH-kə; Sanskrit: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. du̱ryya 304 – 232 BCE), Ba rau ku bvwo bu̱ A̱ngwak Ashoka, a̱ yin yet A̱gwam Magadha[8] nyai ṵ du̱ryya c. 268 BCE su kpang du̱kkwu nu 232 BCE. A̱ yin yet A̱gwam a̱nba̱tat nyyai ka̱ram ya du̱̇tyok, Mauryan. Ka̱byen du̱tyok nu ka a̱ yin za a̱gba̱dang nkyei ka̱yat nbyrim ka̱byen Indíya. Kyang a̱ yin pyyem nyyai ka̱bvwa ka Afghanistan a̱za̱gbang a̱jenshring su kpang Bangladesh an yyi ka̱pfun a̱za̱gbang a̱tántson, bu̱ a̱kpai ya du̱tyok ka u̱ ka̱nkrang Pataliputra. A̱ yin yet a̱tyyi ka̱ccet Buddhism, ba ku tang a̱du̱dyep yya pfwonģ byyi kpungtun u̱ naai tsuup Buddhism tyak wap Asiya. Ta kkwaan du̱tyok nu ji yin hyywa du̱ u̱ du̱ryya a̱n ba anu̱nai (c. 260 BCE), na ya zwang ji yin cat hywop ni ka ya Kalingaa. Ashoka a̱ yin tyyi du̱ccu nu an pfwong "dhamma" au a̱tsatsak ka̱kpyang, kyang a̱ yin yet du̱ccu ta̱kwaan nu ti ni. Ku yin ta̱twang du̱ Ashoka a̱ yin bra̱k a nat tsuup ba̱nyet Budha ka̱ram ka zwang kalinga ji zu yin n tyak ni. Ba̱nyet tsuup Buddha ba ǡ yin ku nywa bu̱ ta̱gbak pfwong tsuup nba na u na̱srong ba̱gungang du̱ krum bu̱ brang ba̱nyet npfwong ba.
Swatka̱sa Ashoka na bu̱ du̱tyok nu ti yin nwwa naat ndyin nyyai a̱ ryya a̱yaan ancei 19thC, nkkang npfwong bu̱ du̱jem Brahmi, Ashoka a̱ byyi ka̱bwa ssang nu bu̱ ba̱ngwak du̱tyok Indya.
Sources of information Infomashon a̱tazwa Ashoka a̱nyaai dijem zuzzwa nu ti a̱ nkyang na na̱ yya ni au ka̱ram du̱tyok nu ka a̱u du̱jem kpa nnyaai ntamak bu du̱jem banyet sook Buddha ntong.[9] Ka̱ram ka̱yaan an bvwo ạ̱zan nu ayet azzu̱zrak baryat nu ba an kyang a ssha du̱ bvwo na ni, duk ba a̱mi ba malamai zzwub tarihi a̱ kwan a̱jyi nkyang a na ga ba cicrak.[10
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Najem Ashoka na a̱yet na nyyi na nyaai ndoson a̱yet yat ji du̱tyok nu ti yin byyi cet a̱za̱kpai Indian subcontinent ka ni.[11] Au̱ ka̱ ccang a̱nsham a̱ ni ryyi najem ā̱ya a̱ sshi ba̱n tazwa dhamma a̱mi, a̱ ryat ba̱cincong ntazwa Maurya sitet ko swat bu yya kyang ba na ka̱ram a̱ya (society).[10] Ko a̱brak nat a̱za̱gbang dhamma, du̱jem ti byyi kpuntun a̱nsham ba. Amerikan Akademik John S. Strong a̱hywa u duwan nu ti, ku nu byi kpuntun zubvo, du̱wan bu du̱jem Ashoka a̱ yinyet bu propaganda an yyi na̱won siyasa ami, a̱ga tyei yat ji na nyet a̱tsatsak a̱yin ni sarei bu du̱tyok nu ti a̱ memaiko na jem ka̱ryong ka bu kyang a naat a̱bvwon ni i du̱tyok nu ti bayet a̱gana twang konzanka̱ram.[12]