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Ashoka and Buddhism
20-26 Feb, 2019
Evolve Foundation
Dehradun, India
This painting portrays the two distinct phase of Emperor Ashoka's life and his embracement of Buddhism. Emperor Ashoka the Great was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty. He ruled around 250 BCE and was a powerful king. During his rule, he sought to extend his kingdom by launching destructive and bloody wars against enemy kingdoms. Once during the Kalinga war, he was disturbed when he saw the aftermath that was caused by the war. This caused him to change course and embrace Buddhism. Emperor Ashoka's life can be divided into two distinct phases with the Kalinga war in the middle.
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- Title: Ashoka and Buddhism
- Date Created: 20-26 Feb, 2019
- Location: Tauli Budh village, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
- Type: Wall Paintings
- Contributor: Students from UPES; Dehradun
- Medium: Wall Paints
- Project: "Kahaani" is one of the world's first movement of curating stories and impacting lives by painting culture and history on the walls of villages. Through this first phase of the project, "Kahaani" focuses on reviving the vanishing folklore of the Jaunsar community. Artist from India and abroad painted the walls of houses and a school of Tauli Bhud village in Jaunsar.
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