Ashoka
Priyadarśin Devanapriya Chakravartin
Ashoka's visit to the Ramagrama stupa Sanchi Stupa 1 Southern gateway.jpg
A c. 1st century BCE/CE relief from Sanchi, showing Ashoka on his chariot, visiting the Nagas at Ramagrama.
3rd Mauryan Emperor
Reignc. 268 – c. 232 BCE
Coronation268 BCE
PredecessorBindusara
SuccessorDasharatha
Bornc. 304 BCE
Pataliputra, Mauryan Empire (adjacent to present-day Patna, Bihar, India)
Died232 BCE (aged c. 71 – 72)
Pataliputra, modern-day Patna, Bihar, India
Spouses
  • Devi (Sri Lankan tradition)
  • Karuvaki (own inscriptions)
  • Padmavati (North Indian tradition)
  • Asandhimitra (Sri Lankan tradition)
  • Tishyaraksha (Sri Lankan and North Indian tradition)
Issue
  • Mahendra (Sri Lankan tradition)
  • Sanghamitra (Sri Lankan tradition)
  • Tivala (own inscriptions)
  • Kunala (North Indian tradition)
  • Charumati
DynastyMaurya
FatherBindusara
MotherSubhadrangi or Dharma
ReligionBuddhism