સમ્રાટ અશોક | Samrat Ashoka | ભારતનો ઈતિહાસ | Indian History
Ashoka was born to the mauryan emperor, bindusara and subhadrangī (or dharmā). He was the grandson of chandragupta maurya, founder of the maurya dynasty, who was born in a humble family, and with the counsel of chanakya ultimately built one of the largest empires in ancient india. According to roman historian appian, chandragupta had made a "marital alliance" with seleucus; there is thus a possibility that ashoka had a seleucid greek grandmother. An indian puranic source, the pratisarga parva of the bhavishya purana, also described the marriage of chandragupta with a greek ("yavana") princess, daughter of seleucus.
The ancient buddhist, hindu, and jain texts provide varying biographical accounts. The avadana texts mention that his mother was queen subhadrangī. According to the ashokavadana, she was the daughter of a brahmin from the city of champa. She gave him the name ashoka, meaning "one without sorrow". The divyāvadāna tells a similar story, but gives the name of the queen as janapadakalyānī. Ashoka had several elder siblings, all of whom were his half-brothers from the other wives of his father bindusara. Ashoka was given royal military training.
From the various sources that speak of his life, ashoka is believed to have had five wives. They were named devi (or vedisa-mahadevi-shakyakumari), the second queen, karuvaki, asandhimitra (designated agramahisī or "chief queen"), padmavati, and tishyarakshita. He is similarly believed to have had four sons and two daughters: a son by devi named mahendra (pali: mahinda), tivara (son of karuvaki), kunala (son of padmavati, and jalauka (mentioned in the kashmir chronicle), a daughter of devi named sanghamitra (pali: sanghamitta), and another daughter named charumati.
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