Ashoka Dbq Essay

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Ashoka had many great strategies to claim land. Ashoka lived a royal because he ruled many people and had many great things. He had many violence wars that helped Ashoka out because he got lot’s of land and took lot’s of people for his army to fight. Was Ashoka a ruthless conqueror or enlightened ruler? Ashoka was an enlightened ruler because of two reasons: he out thinked the others and promoted a strong empire. Outthinking Others Ashoka out thinked many people. Evidence of this is he claimed land that helped his own empire out with trade, travel, and the economy (DOC A). Ashoka gained more people with many wars and getting valuable land by taking Kalinga’s land. With Ashoka taking all these people it helped remove problems with other empires