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	Ashoka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Ashoka the Great (Devanagari: अशोक(:); IAST transliteration: Aśoka(ḥ), pronunciation: [aɕoːkə(h
		Dharma was said to be the daughter of a poor Brahmin who introduced her into the harem of the Emperor as it was predicted that her son would be a great ruler.
		Not until some 2,000 years later under Akbar the Great and his great-grandson Aurangzeb would as large a portion of the subcontinent as that ruled by Ashoka again be united under a single ruler.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashoka (3475 words)

	Asoka
		In self-imposed exile from the kingdom of Magadha, Prince Asoka is intrigued by an old man who informs him even Emperors are 'ordinary' and that his destiny transcends the crown and the throne.
		ASOKA traces the life of the Emperor Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century B.C. To extend the boundaries of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neighbouring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated.
		ASOKA is a journey: the transformation of a youth from a beloved son to an obsessive romantic.
	www.cinemas-online.co.uk /films/asoka.fhtml (231 words)

	Bollywood Best - hindi cinema movie reviews - Asoka - Shahrukh Khan Kareena Kapoor Hrishitaa Bhat
		The film attempts to follow the journey of Asoka from "monarch to monk"(though there is no evidence he become a monk) as is outlined in the beginning.
		The struggle for the throne between Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) and his stepbrother Sushema, his father Bindusara's favourite (Ajith Kumar) and the subsequent interregnum before Ashoka's coronation is a sketchy and ambiguous narration.
		Asoka's marriage to Devi is portrayed, which according to historical sources, did not take place.
	www.idlebrain.com /mumbai/reviews/mr-asoka.html (665 words)

	Asoka
		The film, directed by Santosh Sivan (of “The Terrorist” fame) is about the transformation of a callow youth (Asoka) from an obsessive romantic prince to a callous plunderer who waged one of the bloodiest wars in history and embraced the path of Buddhism in the end.
		The film, starring Kareena Kapoor, Rahul Dev and Hrishitaa Bhatt, is the story of the great Mauryan king Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan), the grandson of Chandragupt Maurya and the son of Bindusara.
		Asoka and his stepbrother Susima (Ajit Kumar), who is favored by his father, are the contenders to the throne of Magadha.
	www.india4world.com /indian-movie/Asoka.SHTML (948 words)

	asoka - The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Asoka was the Third Mauryan Emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty (274 - 232 BC).
		'Asoka', the film attempts to portray Asoka's personal transition from an ambitious prince to a lover, a conqueror and finally a messenger of peace, a changing mind like the change of seasons.
		The legends of Asoka are dramatized and presented in a traditional Indian form of storytelling.
	www.sonymusic.co.in /asoka/asokaindex.html (381 words)

	"Great" Ones In History quiz -- free game
		Which "great" was the Emperor of India in 264-232 who converted to Buddhism and made it the official religion?
		Which "great" king of Saxony in the year 936 AD was founder and first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?
		This conqueror of Italy, and king of the Ostrogoths (A.D.455-526), was known in Germanic legends as Dietrich of Bern.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=217237 (238 words)

	Learn more about List of people known as The Great in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Anthony the Great early Christian saint of Egypt
		Canute the Great, Danish, King of Denmark, England, and Norway
		Gonzo the Great character from The Muppet Show.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_people_known_as_the_great.html (189 words)

	Asoka The Great Mp3 Songs Music Review Indian Movies
		Asoka traces the life of Emperor Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century BC.
		To extend the borders of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest wars in history with the neihgbouring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated.
		Confronted by the aftermath of his conquest in which hundreds of thousands lost their lives, Asoka is overcome with remorse and renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Budhism across the world.
	www.mag4you.com /music/a/asoka.asp (158 words)

	Excerpts on the Dhamma from King Asoka's edicts
		The edicts of King Asoka are a remarkable record of one of the most remarkable events in human history: One man's efforts to rule an empire with a policy based on Dhamma.
		Asoka's policy had three prongs: administration based on Dhamma, instruction in Dhamma for the populace, and personal practice of Dhamma by the ruler.
		Not the least of the questions is precisely which passages from the Canon Asoka is referring to, or indeed if he was referring to a Canon anything like what we have today.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /buddhism/essays/asokaedicts.htm (8462 words)

	The Daily Star: Supplement - Arsenic Round Table February 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A great section of the Dravidians, when driven eastward by the Aryans, must have made Bengal their home for a considerable period of time until they were pushed again towards the south-west as evidenced from the ancient epic Ramayana.
		In 1576 the province of Bengal was conquered by the great Mughal Empire Akbar (1556-1605) and it remained under Afghan or Pathan rulers appointed by the Mughals.
		In the words of Macaulay, the great English writer and essayist: The great events which had taken place in India, had called into existence of a new class of Englishmen, to whom their countrymen gave the name of Nabobs.
	www.thedailystar.net /supple/pbaishakh/supp04.htm (3482 words)

	Asoka DVD at Video Universe
		An epic tale of one of the greatest rulers of India, ASOKA is a testament to the redemptive power of love.
		Asoka inherited India's throne in third century B.C. The Indian dynasty was poised to conquer the entire peninsula and the king began his reign by leading the charge.
		However, the emperor found greater meaning in the love of two women and was soon transformed, renouncing warfare and adopting the principles of the Buddha.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/2321382/a/Asoka.htm (423 words)

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		Asoka, The Great is Shah Rukh Khan's dream project while Indian has Sunny Deol's backing.
		If Lagaan is a period film, so is Asoka which chronicles the life and loves of one of our great Mauryan rulers and his change of heart following the bloody battle of Kalinga.
		And should Asoka do better, it could well make them crorepatis many times over because this time, they'll get to take home the pay packet and the profits, too.
	members.tripod.com /shaheen_2/srkabaamir.html (2115 words)

	[KFCC] Asoka Review
		Confronted with the aftermath of his conquest in which hundreds of thousands lost their lives, Asoka is overcome with remorse and renounces the path of war to dedicate his life to spreading the teachings of Buddhism across the world.
		The man was constantly avoiding one assassination attempt after another, made to leave his home by his mother, met a cute girl whom he had to leave, only to find that she died while he was gone.
		If any of his other works are as good as his depiction in Asoka, I will definitely be watching more of his movies.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/swordplay/asoka/asoka.html (989 words)

	Asoka - A Synopsis
		ASOKA, the film traces the life of the emperor Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century B.C. To extend the boundaries of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest wars in the history with the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga, leaving it ravaged and devastated.
		From a man embittered by betrayals to a ruthless warrior consumed by ambition, from a conqueror of lands to a conqueror of self.
		The one thing that brings a great element of contemporariness to this epic called 'Asoka' is its music and the man who has lived up to the challenge of breathing modernity into this project is none other than the prolific Anu Malik.
	www.desiclub.com /bollywood/bollywood_features/bolly_article.cfm?id=119 (701 words)

	In Asoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Some three hundred years after the Buddha’s passing away, Asoka, the great king of the Mauryan Empire, in the twentyfirst year of his reign, in 249 B.C., undertook a pilgrimage to all the holy places.
		Shortly afterwards, Asoka sent his son (Another source states that it was his younger brother.) Mahinda to Sri Lanka and also missionaries to other countries to propagate the teachings.
		Here Upagupta said: “In this spot, great king, the venerable One was born”; and added: “Here is the first monument consecrated in honour of the Buddha, the sight of whom is excellent.
	www.vipassana.info /_asoka2.htm (5038 words)

	A Pilgrims Guide to Buddhist India: Lauriya Nandangar
		King Asoka is believed to have raised some forty pillars but the only one that still stands complete and in its original location is in this village.
		Six of Asoka's edicts issued in 244 BC are inscribed on the pillar and a crouching lion sits on its top.
		It is a fine piece of sculpture but its face is missing, having been shot at with by a cannon in 1660.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/pilgrim/pg_16.htm (255 words)

	Abebooks Search Results - Asoka
		The Rummindei Inscription and the Conversion of Asoka to Buddhism
		Buddhism made it's appearance in the wake of Asoka's great empire and turned the North-Western region into one of it's principle centres for many centuries.
		Jainism, Or the Early Faith of Asoka; With Illustrations of the.
	www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Asoka (1723 words)

	Nagarjuna [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		The familiar distinctions between the Classical and Great Vehicles are well-worn; the conservative scriptural and historical literalism of the former pitted against the mythological revisionism of the latter, the idealization of the reclusive ascetic pursuing his own perfection in the former as opposed to the angelic and socially engaged bodhisattva of the latter.
		This motif is surely significant, given the fact that the Classical and Great Vehicles, while both submitting that ultimate wisdom (prajna) and compassion (karuna) were the two paramount virtues, argued over which one was highest, the Theravada opting for wisdom and Mahayana for compassion.
		In these epistles, while Nagarjuna warns that the intentions behind moral acts must be informed by wisdom lest the benefits of the deed be spoiled, he stresses repeatedly the importance of steadfastly ethical conduct.
	www.iep.utm.edu /n/nagarjun.htm (9049 words)

	Culture Course Vol - II - Asoka (page2)
		Asoka was also a lover of art and sculpture.
		He was one of the great kings of the world.
		Even today he is called Asoka, the Great.
	www.hindubooks.org /culture_course/book2/asoka/page2.htm (63 words)

	The Christ by John E. Remsberg (Chapter 11) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The canon was finally determined at the Council of Pataliputra, held under the auspices of the Emperor Asoka the Great, 244 B.C., more than 600 years before the Christian canon was established, The "Lalita Vistara," the sacred book of the Northern Buddhists, was written long before the Christian era.
		Three centuries after the time of Buddha, Asoka the Great, emperor of India, became a convert to the Buddhist faith, made it the state religion of the empire, and did more than any other man to secure its supremacy in the East.
		Three centuries after Christ, Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome, became a convert to the Christian faith, made it the state religion of his empire, and won for it the supremacy of the West.
	www.positiveatheism.org /hist/rmsbrg11.htm (12752 words)

	Santosh Sivan - Asoka's Director
		Asoka is a three-hour epic love story, which deals with the transformation of the emperor Asoka from a bloody warrior to a peaceful monk.
		The weather and seasons are a great source of inspiration for him.
		Santosh first heard the story of Asoka when he was in school.
	www.desiclub.com /bollywood/bollywood_features/bolly_article.cfm?id=122 (524 words)

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		For Ashoka The Great, he actually grew his hair when he could easily have worn a wig.” (Santosh Sivan)
		Director-cinematographer Santosh Sivan has completed the entire shooting of the eagerly-awaited Asoka The Great ahead of schedule.
		Guests at a special preview of the rushes of Asoka have been completely blown over by Santosh Sivan's film.
	www.angelfire.com /sk2/shaheensrk1/asokatop.html (227 words)

	The Christ by John E. Remsberg. Sources of the Christ Myth: Pagan Divinities
		The canon was finally determined at the Council of Pataliputra, held under the auspices of the Emperor Asoka the Great, 244 B.C., more than 600 years before the Christian canon was established, The "Lalita Vistara," the sacred book of the Northern Buddhists, was written long before the Christian era.
		In the same spirit of the ancient legend is the apocryphal invention that Jesus was born in a cave, and we are at once reminded of the cave of Jupiter (Zeus) and the other gods" (Leben Jesu, p.
		Referring to the Greeks and their great tragedy, "Prometheus Bound," A. Rawson says: "Its hero was their friend, benefactor, creator, and savior, whose wrongs were incurred in their behalf, and whose sorrows were endured for their salvation.
	www.englishatheist.org /jc/jc11.shtml (12722 words)

	Amazon.com - Query Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas : With a New Afterword, Bibliography, and Index
		Asoka Maurya (Twaynes Rulers and Statesmen of the World Series)
		The Legend of King Asoka : A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana
	sangha.net /messengers/asoka-books.htm (150 words)

	Asoka - The Great ( Hindi Film Songs ) - Music Album, Movie Review - ApunKaChoice.Com
		Although the film’s songs, written by Gulzar, have many subtle tones that one can easily identify with the style of south Indian music wizard A.R Rahman, Malik’s peculiar touch is also palpable in many numbers.
		Not only is it poorly composed and vacuously rendered by the petite singer Sunidhi Chauhan, its words are trite and do not gel with the melody line either.
		On the whole “Asoka” is a finely composed music score that will go well with the music buffs.
	www.apunkachoice.com /music/alb62 (450 words)

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	rediff.com, Movies: The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions
		I happened to be in Bombay when he was working on the preliminaries of Asoka The Great.
		He was offering a role in his film to everyone he met -- an old man who was staying with us at that time, the doorman at the Taj, his rickshaw driver.
		Emperor Asoka was also perhaps the greatest practising pacifist the world has ever seen.
	www.rediff.com /entertai/2001/jul/21sub.htm (714 words)

	rediff.com, Movies: Madhuri to quit?
		His Yaadein and Shah Rukh Khan’s Asoka The Great, are both currently at the dubbing stage.
		The production boys of Asoka The Great managed to pin down an errant Kareena Kapoor and brought her into the dubbing studio Audeus.
		This incidentally belongs to Ghai, who did his bit of arm twisting and convinced Kareena to dub for his own film Yaadein leaving the Asoka The Great team extremely frustrated for having worked so hard, only to find Ghai reaping the benefits.
	inhome.rediff.com /entertai/2001/jun/16st.htm (649 words)

	Dhamma Messages of Asoka the Great
		Amongst the thousands of emperors and kings in the firmament of human history, wrote H.G.Wells, the name of Asoka will shine brightest amongst them all.
		From being called Asoka the Cruel, he was transformed to Dhamma Asoka.By practicing Dhamma and encouraging his people to practice Dhamma, Emperor Asoka’s rule became one of the most benevolent of all times.
		His many rock edicts are testimony to his conviction that the actual practice of Dhamma is needed for the happiness and welfare of all.
	www.vri.dhamma.org /general/asoka.html (509 words)

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