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Alain Daniélou believes Bindusara inherited an empire that already included the Deccan and didn’t add much new territory. Daniélou thinks Bindusara brought the southern kingdoms of the Cheras, Cholas, and Satyaputras under Mauryan influence, but couldn't defeat their armies. His view is based on references in ancient Tamil literature to a "[[Maurya Empire|Mauryan]] conquest" (though the details are unclear). Daniélou concludes that Bindusara’s main accomplishment was organizing and consolidating the empire he inherited from [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofin00dani|title=A Brief History of India|last=Daniélou|first=Alain|year=2003|pages=109}}</ref> | Alain Daniélou believes Bindusara inherited an empire that already included the Deccan and didn’t add much new territory. Daniélou thinks Bindusara brought the southern kingdoms of the Cheras, Cholas, and Satyaputras under Mauryan influence, but couldn't defeat their armies. His view is based on references in ancient Tamil literature to a "[[Maurya Empire|Mauryan]] conquest" (though the details are unclear). Daniélou concludes that Bindusara’s main accomplishment was organizing and consolidating the empire he inherited from [[Chandragupta Maurya|Chandragupta]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofin00dani|title=A Brief History of India|last=Daniélou|first=Alain|year=2003|pages=109}}</ref> | ||
==Ashoka's Conquest== | |||
[[Ashoka|Ashoka's]] influence in the South is confirmed by inscriptions found at locations such as Siddapura, Brahmagiri, Jatinga-Rameshwara Hill in [[Mysore]], as well as the Govimath and Palkigundu inscriptions in Kopbal Taluk, the Maski inscription in the Deccan, and the Gooty inscription in Kurnool. In his Rock Edicts II and XIII, Asoka also mentions neighboring kingdoms like the Cholas, Pandyas, Satyaputras, and Keralaputras, indicating the southern boundaries of his empire.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
[[Ashoka]] himself states in Rock Edict XIII that his only major [[Kalinga War|conquest was of Kalinga]], a victory that caused him great sorrow due to the massive loss of life—150,000 captives, 100,000 killed, and many more dying from wounds. The suffering he caused led him to abandon further military conquests, adopting a policy of Dharmavijaya (Moral Victory) focused on peace, non-violence (Ahimsa), and moral leadership, which means the conquest of the [[South India|South]] was not part of his imperial actions.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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