The Emperor Who Won a War and Hated Victory | Ashoka the Great & Kalinga War | Hindi Documentary

Ashoka the Great, a history documentary in Hindi: the story of Emperor Ashoka (Samrat Ashoka), the feared prince called Chandashoka who fought the Kalinga War, wrote its horror on stone himself, turned to Buddhism, and became the ruler whose wheel still sits at the centre of India's flag. Indian history and the Mauryan Empire, told like cinema. 📌 Maurya Empire series, Part 2. ▶ Part 1, Chanakya & Chandragupta Maurya:    • Chanakya & Chandragupta Maurya: India's Ri...   After Chandragupta and Chanakya built the empire, Bindusara held it, and Ashoka took it further than any Indian ruler before him. Court intrigue. A fight for the throne. A war so costly the victor could not live with it. Then dhamma, edicts in stone, Buddhist missions beyond India, and a legacy that slept for 2,000 years until the Brahmi script was read again. 🎬 IN THIS VIDEO • Who was Ashoka before he became "the Great"? • Bindusara, the throne struggle, and the truth behind the "99 brothers" story • Why was he called Chandashoka, and how much of that cruelty is history and how much later legend? • What does Ashoka's own 13th Rock Edict say about the Kalinga War? • From war to Buddha: dhamma, edicts, stupas and missions beyond India • How Ashoka was rediscovered after 2,000 years of silence • Why the Ashoka Chakra and the Sarnath lions still define modern India ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 The Emperor on the Flag 01:30 A Drop of Poison and the End of Chanakya 04:00 The Disliked Prince and the 99 Brothers 07:30 Chandashoka 10:00 Kalinga: The War That Changed Him 13:30 From War to Buddha 💬 Cruel or great: what do you think of Ashoka? Tell us in the comments. ▶️ WATCH NEXT ON HISORECT ▶ Part 1, Chanakya & Chandragupta Maurya:    • Chanakya & Chandragupta Maurya: India's Ri...   ▶ Terracotta Army: China's First Emperor and His Sealed Tomb:    • Why China Still Won't Open This Tomb | Ter...   ▶ Cleopatra: Why Did She Really Lose Egypt?:    • Why Did Cleopatra Really Lose Egypt? Caesa...   ▶ The Entire History of Ancient Egypt:    • मिस्र का सम्पूर्ण इतिहास | The Entire Hist...   ▶ Coming Saturday 31 October: Ramayana Across Asia, one story in nine countries 📚 SOURCES • Ashoka's Major and Minor Rock Edicts and Pillar Edicts (including the 12th and 13th Rock Edicts) • Buddhist traditions: Ashokavadana, Mahavamsa, Dipavamsa • Archaeology: Sanchi Stupa, Sarnath Lion Capital, the Maski edict • Decipherment of Brahmi: James Prinsep (1837); the name Ashoka confirmed at Maski (1915) • The end of the Mauryas: Pushyamitra Shunga (about 185 BCE) • Ashoka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka • Kalinga War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga... 🤖 The visuals are AI-generated dramatised reconstructions and the narration is an AI voice. Some episodes come from Buddhist and Jain traditions, others from Ashoka's own edicts; the video says clearly which is which. 🔔 ABOUT HISORECT Hisorect makes history documentaries in Hindi. Every Hindi documentary on the channel is a full documentary on ancient history, world history, Indian history or the unsolved mysteries of India: history in Hindi, told like cinema, with English subtitles. New videos every Wednesday and Saturday, 5:30 PM IST. Subscribe and turn on the bell. #AshokaTheGreat #IndianHistory #HindiDocumentary #Hisorect