Previously, we shared the story of the Prinkipo orphanage, the largest wooden building in Europe which, however, is small compared to the Daibutsu-den or Great Buddha Hall, considered the largest wooden building in the world. It holds the record despite being 33 percent smaller today than when it was first constructed due to several renovations. […]
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The Edicts of Ashoka, the Maurya Emperor who Renounced Violence in Horror at his Military Campaigns
Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he initiated to conquer the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga. His story is told in thirty-three edicts that he himself promulgated, ordering them to be spread […]
