Karuvaki

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Karuvaki
Ashoka Inscriptions Queen's edict.jpg
The "Queen's edict" in Allahabad mentions the charitable deeds of Karuvaki.
Born288 BC
Kalinga, India
SpouseAshoka
IssueTivala (son)
DynastyMaurya
ReligionBuddhism

Karuvaki was the second queen[1] of the third Mauryan emperor, Ashoka. She was also the mother of Ashoka's son, Prince Tivala. She is the only queen of Ashoka who is mentioned in his own inscriptions with her son Tivala.

Life[edit]

Karuvaki is mentioned in the Queen Edict wherein her religious and charitable donations were recorded as per her wishes. This gives an image of her being a self-possessed and strong-willed consort, who wanted an act of philanthropy recorded as specifically hers.[2][3]

The edict also identifies her as mother to their son, Prince Tivala (also referred to as Tivara), who is the only son of Ashoka mentioned by name in his inscriptions.[4][5][6]

Despite the fact that Ashoka had many queens, Kaurwaki is the only queen of Ashoka, who was named in his inscriptions and edicts.[7][8]

In popular culture[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Shah, Kirit K. (2001). The problem of identity : women in early Indian inscriptions. New Delhi [u.a.]: Oxford University Press. pp. 33, 180. ISBN 9780195653229.
  2. Nayanjot Lahiri (2015). Ashoka in Ancient India. Harvard University Press. p. 283.
  3. Romesh Chunder Dutt; Vincent Arthur Smith; Stanley Lane-Poole; Henry Miers Elliot; William Wilson Hunter; Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906). History of India, Volume 2; Volume 6. The Grolier Society. p. 175.
  4. "The Queen Edict". Buddha's World. 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  5. Thapar, Romila (1973). Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas. Oxford University Press. p. 30.
  6. The Cambridge Shorter History of India. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 53.
  7. Gupta, Subhadra Sen (2009). "Ashoka's family". Ashoka. Penguin UK. ISBN 9788184758078.
  8. University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History, University of Kerala. Dept. of History, University of Travancore, University of Kerala (1963). "Journal of Indian History". 41. Department of Modern Indian History: 155. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. "Ashoka the Great (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. "Reem to play Ashoka's love interest". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/kalinga-lit-fest-begins-in-city-on-june-10.html
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