History Of Kalinga War And Maurya
This war was the most powerful war in the history of India. We are going to talk about Kalinga war. This history is linked to the Maurya Empire and Emperor Ashoka. And this Kalinga war was the most powerful war in the history of India. We’re going to talk about this war. You may have never heard about this war before. Or you are interested in knowing the history of India, this video is made just for you.
Because today we are going to talk about the Indian history of Bishar war, Kalinga war. This history is linked to the Morris Empire and the Ashoka Empire. And this Bishar War is one. But today we are going to talk about the facts that you have heard. We will also try to understand the reasons that gave rise to this terrible war. So let’s get started. And watch the video till the end. In the video we are learning more about Kalinga and Kalinga as well as Emperor Ashoka, hence, like this video.
And let’s go to the video. Let’s go to the video. As you all know, in this fierce war there was Kalinga on one side, which was a small kingdom, but in your mind, you will have at least a small kingdom. But in your mind, you will at least have a small kingdom. The question would be what caused the Moorish Empire to attack small Kalinga. And what was the result of this war? As you can see, in 261 BC, Ashoka ascended the throne of the Moorish Empire for only eight years.
And during that time, the name of the Moorish Empire was floating all over India. This means that the entire subcontinent, as vast as India, was ruled by the Moorish Empire. And almost every part of India was under the rule of the empire. But there was one country which wanted to stay away from the empire. It was not any other country, it was Kalinga. Kalinga and the King of Kalinga were never allowed. When we talk about Kalinga, we talk about how it was Kalinga. Asho, before the rule of Nando, was a part of Kalinga.
Many historians believed that after Nando’s death, Kalinga became independent once again, following the rule of Chandra Gupta, Maurya or Bindusara. Now, if seen, the domain of Kalinga was personally important to Ashoka, because Ashoka’s life,. Ashoka, as a result of his kingdom, had a vast group of people regard him as a leader.
Therefore, by subjugating the name Kalinga, Ashoka could prove that he also wanted to increase the growth of the Maurya Empire. And by doing so, Ashoka wanted to make his people believe that he was capable of enhancing their leadership. Moreover, people were asking, Kaling could prove them wrong. The Kalinga of Kalinga, as well as, the personal cause of Ashoka, also, the Kalinga of Kalinga, was also a source of dominance of Kalinga.
The dominance of Kalinga was even more important.. If we talk about the first reason then we all know that the kingdom of Maurya Emperor Pataliputra was very close to Kalinga and it was never a normal thing. Because a huge kingdom like Maurya King Pataliputra was close to the enemy kingdom, it was a very bad sign.
At that time Kalinga was the only independent country, not at all based on the Maurya Empire. Thus, the proximity of the Maurya king Pataliputra to an enemy king was a matter of concern for Ashoka. This was the first reason. Now we will talk about the second reason. Actually Ashok was a little more clever. That is why this bull was a very good bull. But the issue here for King Ashoka was that the border of Kalinga was much below that bull. And Ashok was a little worried. He was worried that Kalinga might destroy the main copper-clad port of the Mavra Empire.
Because this port was present in the west of Bengal, south of the west. This port was located in the south of Bengal. This port was located in the south of Bengal. Ashoka knew that if a war situation arose, Kalinga could be targeted first with this copper-clad bandraga, which could have a direct impact on the trade and financial situation. This is a story from history. It was very important for Ashoka to get rid of this Kalinga crisis.
If this had not happened then Asha as well as the entire Maurice Amraz would have suffered huge losses. So these were also the reasons for the war of Kalinga. Apart from this, you can see that some such facts are also being told due to which Maurice Amraz attacked Kalinga. These facts have been told by experts in history.
So let us know these also. As we know, the ships sailing at that time were not capable enough to move forward facing the strong waves rising in the sea. That is why the traders of that time had to travel by staying near the coast and these merchant ships used to pass somewhere near the Kalinga state. Now, if Kalinga wanted, it could have stopped the trade of the Maurya Empire through water route at any time.
Let us tell you that according to the PHL agreement, it was told that a historical text was written by the Buddhist monk Taranath. In this text, Kalinga has mentioned about disrupting the trade of the Maurya Empire. If the scripture is to be believed, according to it, sea serpents and various divine powers used to steal a lot of wealth from the trading ships of the Maurya Empire. On top of this, the agreement said that these were mainly robbers and it was these robbers who had the full support of Kalinga.
In such a situation, Ashoka had only one way to save his merchant ships from those robbers, that the state which was giving support and protection to those robbers should be destroyed. In fact, apart from this highway, there was also a land route for the trade of the Maurya Empire which connected the Ganga Ghats with Raichur and the Kaveri region. Like the sea route, this land route also had the same problem because this route also passed through the state border of Kalinga.
In such a situation, Ashoka was always worried that in case of war, this route could be closed by Kalinga. Due to which there could have been an immense crisis on the economic condition of the Maurya Empire and not only this but there were many other reasons as well due to which Emperor Ashoka was forced to think about attacking Kalinga and later on Emperor Ashoka attacked Kalinga like Decided to attack the small state.
Ashoka knew very well that if he wanted to suppress Kalinga, he would have to strengthen his military force and that is why Ashoka had started preparations to strengthen his soldiers a few years ago. Friends, many experts in history and some intellectuals have come to know that Ashoka had a force of about 6 lakh soldiers. This may sound false but we cannot deny that at that time Ashoka had the largest military force in the whole of India and this army was taken by Ashoka as his successor from his father.
After preparing his entire army, Ashoka set out to attack Kalinga and the time of attack was chosen to be the end of the rainy season. It is said that Emperor Ashoka had decided to leave from the banks of Ganga with his entire military forces. The entire army marched from the banks of Ganga and first reached Tamralipti port. After this, they entered the region of Kalinga via the coastal area. Experts believe that to reach Kalinga and all the soldiers had to travel about 900 kilometers.
Now such a long journey followed by a fierce battle was actually an act of great bravery. As soon as they reach Kalinga, Ashoka’s army attacks them. This war is considered to be the biggest war in history. Friends, a surprising thing is that till now we have known a lot about the Maurya Empire and Ashoka, but let us tell you that there is no information available in history about Kalinga. Even the information or mention of who was leading from Kalinga in such a big war is not found anywhere.
But according to some experts and facts, it is believed that this fierce battle was fought on the west coast of Bhubaneswar. Besides this, the army of Kalinga was not as large and experienced as that of the Maurya Empire. Due to which only Emperor Ashoka gets victory after the war continued for a few days. Ashoka after the war. In its inscription it is said that in this war, 1 lakh soldiers were killed and 1.5 lakh soldiers were taken prisoner.
This number cannot be believed blindly but it cannot be denied either. Overall, it has to be acknowledged that this war in history must have been very fierce. After which Emperor Ashoka finally succeeds in including Kalinga in his Maurya Empire. It is said that Ashoka has a change of heart only after this fierce battle. After which Ashoka leaves the path of non-violence and follows the path of Buddhism.
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