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Kalinga The Turning Point Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. After his glorious conquest of Kalinga, Ashoka experienced a deep sense of
(a) exuberance
(b) compunction
(c) liberation
(d) apathy
Question 2: Complete the following sentences:
1. Ashoka went to war against Kalinga in the eighth year of his reign around 262 BCE.
2. Though the Kalinga army was smaller, their soldiers fought with courage and would not surrender.
3. Ashoka won the war only because there were no more soldiers to fight.
4. The details of the number of people who died in the battle are recorded in his thirteenth eddict.
5. Ashoka realised that the tragedy also affected the lives of those who were connected with the dead soldiers such as the lives of the dead man’s friends, acquaintances, companions and relatives.
6. He regretted the conquest of Kalinga and the death of thousands of people.
7. His message endures even today because he carved his words on stone.
Question 3: What was Ashoka’s first resolution after the victory of Kalinga?
Answer: After the battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt remorse at having conquered Kalinga and declared that even one-hundredth or one thousandth part of those who were slain, died or were captured in Kalinga was considered regrettable by the Beloved of the Gods. Ashoka gave up conquests forever and never went to war again. This was the resolution.
Question 4: Why is Ashoka described as a unique ruler?
Answer: Generally kings would have triumphantly celebrated their victory and soon begun planning their next military campaign. However, Ashoka did not do this. He gave up conquest forever and never went to war again. No other king is known to have given up war after winning a tough battle as Ashoka did. He is unique in this extraordinary decision.
Question 5: What was his second resolution?
Answer: Ashoka’s second resolution was to dedicate his life and the huge wealth of his empire towards building a new kind of society where people lived by the rules of virtue and understood moral behaviour so that they could enjoy the blessings of ‘non-injury, self-control, equable conduct and gentleness’. Ashoka called these principals dhamma, the laws of good conduct and moral living.
Question 6: What was his new campaign in support of?
Answer: Ashoka led a new campaign and a new army to fight for goodness, kindness, tolerance and gentle living he was trying to lay the foundation of a real civilization.
Question 7: How did he reach out to the many illiterate people in his kingdom?
Answer: Officials in Ashoka’s empire were instructed to regularly read out the royal orders carved on pillars and rocks to the people who were mostly illiterate.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.