Example sentences for: ashoka

How can you use “ashoka” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Southern India remained independent, but Ashoka had his hands full with a large empire that now extended as far north as Kashmir and east to Bengal.

  • In the 50 years that followed Ashoka’s death, Mauryan power went into decline.

  • Ashoka began by killing all his rivals before conquering Kalinga in 260 b.c.

  • The task was left to Bindusara’s heir Ashoka (269–232 b.c. ), admired by Indians as their greatest ruler, perhaps for his special combination of tough authoritarianism and a high sense of moral righteousness.

  • Also, the unwieldy bureaucracy couldn’t keep its loyalties straight, with the too-rapid turnover in rulers vying for Ashoka’s throne.


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