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|text=Directly, after the Kalingas had been annexed, began His Sacred Majesty's zealous protection of the Law of Piety, his love of that Law, and his inculcation of that Law. Thence arises the remorse of His Sacred Majesty for having conquered the Kalingas because the conquest of a country previously unconquered involves the slaughter, death, and carrying away captive of the people. That is a matter of profound sorrow and regret to His Sacred Majesty.<ref name="Wikisource Smith">{{cite Wikisource |wslink=Asoka – the Buddhist Emperor of India/Chapter 4 |title=Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India |last=Smith |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Arthur Smith |year=1920 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |page=185}}</ref>}} | |text=Directly, after the Kalingas had been annexed, began His Sacred Majesty's zealous protection of the Law of Piety, his love of that Law, and his inculcation of that Law. Thence arises the remorse of His Sacred Majesty for having conquered the Kalingas because the conquest of a country previously unconquered involves the slaughter, death, and carrying away captive of the people. That is a matter of profound sorrow and regret to His Sacred Majesty.<ref name="Wikisource Smith">{{cite Wikisource |wslink=Asoka – the Buddhist Emperor of India/Chapter 4 |title=Asoka: The Buddhist Emperor of India |last=Smith |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Arthur Smith |year=1920 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |page=185}}</ref>}} | ||
According to Ashoka's Major Rock Edict 13, he conquered Kalinga 8 years after ascending to the throne. The edict states that during his conquest of Kalinga, 1,00,000 men and animals were killed in action; many times that number "perished"; and 150,000 men and animals were carried away from Kalinga as captives. {{sfn|Guruge, Unresolved|1995|p=38}} | During Kalinga war launched by Ashoka, King of Magadh, lakhs of Kalingan soldiers died in the war field, which filled him with remorse though he conquested Kalinga. A cruel Chandasoka' became Dharmasoka. He embraced Buddhism and spread its message of peace and non-violence far and wide. | ||
<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/artcultureoforis00sena|title=Art and Culture of Orissa|last=Senāpati|first=Rabīndra Mohana|date=2004|page=9|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India|others=Public Resource|isbn=978-81-230-1171-4}}</ref>According to Ashoka's Major Rock Edict 13, he conquered Kalinga 8 years after ascending to the throne. The edict states that during his conquest of Kalinga, 1,00,000 men and animals were killed in action; many times that number "perished"; and 150,000 men and animals were carried away from Kalinga as captives. {{sfn|Guruge, Unresolved|1995|p=38}} | |||
==Conversion to Buddhism== | ==Conversion to Buddhism== | ||