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Magadha Janapadha, Ashoka the Great (c.268-232 BC), Silver Karshapana, 3.10 grms, 5 main symbols- 1x 6 Armed Symbol, 1x Sun, 1x 3 arched hill with crescent above, 1x Quartered square with left side thicker, from top left corner springs a plant with 3 branches, each branch has 3 simple twigs, 1x Bull right with inverted taurine right and ground line below, Gupta and Hardaker Series 'VIB' Type #574, Extra Fine+, Scrace, Bold symbols. Ashoka the Great was the third Maurya emperor and one of India’s most remarkable rulers. After the brutal Kalinga War, he embraced Buddhism and renounced violence, promoting dhamma based on moral governance, tolerance, and welfare. Ashoka ruled a vast empire, issued edicts on pillars and rocks across India, encouraged religious harmony, built stupas, and sent Buddhist missions abroad, shaping India’s political and spiritual history
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