Historical Role of Asoka for Making Buddhism a world Religion
- Author Shesh Nath Vernwal
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Buddhist Studies
Keywords : Kalinga war, spread of Buddhism, humanitarian value, Dhamma policy, rock edicts
Abstract
Whenever Buddhism is discussed as a global religion, the role of Emperor Asoka is obvious in our mind. His Dhamma policy is also behind Asoka's greatness in history. Even if his Dhamma is not purely Buddhist Dhamma, but it is surely influenced in deep from the Buddhist Dhamma. Similarly Asoka's role in making Buddhism as a global religion is due to his efforts for spread through various methods. The purpose of this research article is to confirm with the facts about how Ashoka played an important role in the spread of Buddhism. What are the other important personalities like Asoka in history, who can be compared with Asoka? It is also a purpose of this article to see that why Asok took so much interest in the spread of Buddhism.
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