Why Emperor Ashoka wanted Kalinga | Stories that Make India

It's one of the most famous battles in Indian history, but have you ever wondered why Mauryan emperor Ashoka attacked Kalinga? LHI's Mini Menon gets us the story.

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[skmplanet]

The king of kalinga was also known as the king of the seas. Kalingans were the seafaring people. They had trade and cultural relation with south-east asian countries. Kalinga was expanding across the seas. They spread Buddhism and Hinduism in many Asian countries. Even today also one can find many similar Odia surnames/names in Srilanka and countries like Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia.
Festival similar to Odisha Boita Bandhana utsav is celebrated in Thailand and Cambodia in Kartik Purnima. It was surprising to see a Boita (large size boat) in the Cambodian Boita utsav, which they also called Boita. ..
It is clear Kalinga was so prosperous and powerful, the reason why Ashoka wanted. The Mauryans won after several defeat.

[hariunni]

Excellent one! We need more excavations as well as preservation of ancient sites. On a different note it is quite clear that Ashoka was already Buddhist at the time of the Kalinga invasion. King Kharavela of Kalinga avenged the Kalingans years later.

[mexicanmomo]

There is some emotional aspect as well. Chandragupta Maurya could not win over kalinga in his life time . He was routed by then Odia warriors many times . Even Ashoka was defeated twice by Kalinga warriors, he won on his 3rd attempt . Odisha remained a relatively independent state through out its history. Odisha used to be ruled by its son of soils when muslim invaders ruled today's Bengal and Hyderabad area. In many instances, Odisha rulers like Gajapatis defeated then Bengal muslim rulers and bahamani sultunate rulers to save its culture. Even today you will find very minimal Islamic impact in Odisha. We boast of our rich cultural heritage, our architecture, our language and of course our bravery. Even before India got its independence, Odisha state was carved out due to efforts of its son of soils and in that sense, Odisha was the 1st linguistic state. These are history and don't come from any Leftists cookbook.

[jayadevsahoo]

The ancient Kalinga is now known as the Odisha state of India..
I am proud to be an Odia.
Odisha is world famous for its attractive culture and tradition and history also.
Odissi dance form comes from odisha.
Odissi is the traditional dance of Odisha.
The official language of Odisha is "Odia ".
Odia language is placed as 7th classical language of india.
The ancient name of Odisha is Utkal, Kalinga, Odra desh. Etc..

[ssap]

Kalinda kingdom didn't die. It just relocated to Sri Lanka. You can see many stone inscriptions in Polonaruwa Sri Lanka talking about their ancestry to Kalinga Kingdom.

[kalingaranjan]

Kalingas have one of the most vibrant Maritime History.
To commemorate this Odisha till date every year celebrate Bali Jatra., Bali is a province in Indonesia 👍 along with many other south and south east Asian countries, even with East African regions Proofs can be seen in stone works sculptures of Konark Temple, at Konark ODISHA 👍 UNESCO heritage site👍

[kalingaranjan]

It is said Daya Nadi (river) turned red with the bloodshed of Odias and Ashoka's soldiers .Daya River still exists flows with pride near dhauli, Bhubaneswar State capital of Odisha.

[soumyadas]

Fake History. The reality is Ashoka had accepted Buddhism long before he invaded Kalinga. It is a myth that his heart changed after the war since he witnessed lot of violence in it. The reality is he remained as much cruel as he was before the war. And he was such a bad administrator that his empire disintegrated 20 yrs later just after his death. He was not Ashoka the great, in fact he should be taught in the history as one of the most cruel and failed emperors in history.

[SurajKumar-lnij]

Odisha, bihar, bengal and assam have very underrated history .

[Dhruv_Dogra]

Ashoka had been Buddhist for 4 years already when he invaded Kalinga. Dr Sanyal has proved it conclusively.

[siddharth]

Kalinga sailors used to go to bali and sumatra, that is why we have baliyatra in odisha till now

[mxxmauuhan]

Ashoka's policy of running the state based on Buddhism led to disaster of Mauryan Empire

[santusanturohit]

Magadh didn't have Sea ports..Bengal/Sundarban wasn't suitable for maritime business..So Ashoka attacked Kalinga to acquire sea ports like Tamralipti/Tamluk, Kalingapattinam and many other ports which were located at the mouths of Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Baitarani, Rushikulya etc..

[andquietflowstheganga]

Ma'am Ashoka was already a Buddhist when he attacked Kalinga, kindly correct your narrative.

[NativeVsColonial]

Ashoka, Alexander, Akbar all were no “Great”, they were just invaders who killed innocent people, Ashoka Invaded and destroyed the Empire of Kalinga and Massacred his blood-related brothers, Alexander tried to Invade India and killed many innocent people throughout his invasion, and Akbar was just barbaric who massacred non-Muslims throughout his Muslim rule in India.
But sadly our colonial history schooling text books portrayed these barbaric personalities as “great” because these invaders were of a match to European, Arabian Christian, Muhammadan Invaders, who invaded India also and rewritten our history with all these corruptions.

[mayanktripathi]

, ..Perhaps one point missed is that The Kalinga region was very wealthy because of it's trade with the Java Sumatra regions....

[krishaykumar]

Finally indians and the global audience are being awarded of the amazing ancient indian culture.

[kalingaranjan]

Kalingas used to have several types of Navy forces with their armed battel ships to protect and escort their Merchant trading ships👍

[RamaKrishnan-mlmt]

It was a brutal attack by an ahimsavadi on common people of Kalinga.Still he is venerated!

[yashbheda]

Remove history from your name and replace it with fantasy because the first line of this this video is false and also Ashoka was a Buddhist long before Kalinga . Please find better historians and writers.