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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 304 BCE
- Died
- 232 BCE
- Place of birth
- Patna
- Place of death
- Patna
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- Bindusara
- Mother
- Subhadrangi
- Spouse
- Tishyaraksha, Karuvaki, Devi, Padmavati, Asandhimitra
- Child
- Kunala, Mahinda, Sangamitta, Tivala, Charumati
- Sibling
- Vitashoka
- Occupation
- politician, emperor, Buddhist monk
- Position held
- Mauryan Emperor
- Citizenship
- Maurya empire
- Native language
- Sanskrit
- Religion
- Buddhism
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- family
- Maurya dynasty
- head of state
- Maurya empire
- influenced by
- The Buddha
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Prakrit
- name in native language
- अशोक, असोक
- permanent duplicated item
- Q27131245
- relative
- Chandragupta Maurya
- student of
- Upagupta
- topic's main category
- Category:Ashoka
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