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4. Describe Asoka’s rule before and after he converted to Buddhism.

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Early in Asoka's rule, he wished to seize India's southern trade routes. These routes were controlled by the Kingdom of Kalinga. They were Asoka's last remaining competition in India. He set out to take over Kalinga through a brutal war. He won the war but at a great loss of life.

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Answer:Basham, Ashoka's personal religion became Buddhism, if not before, then certainly after the Kalinga War.

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