• As̅oka is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film directed and co-written by Santosh Sivan. It is a dramatized version of the early life...
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    Ashoka (redirect from Asoka)
    Ashoka (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Mauryan Emperor of Magadha...
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    killed on any occasion. Describes release of 25 prisoners by Asoka. VI Works done by Asoka for Dhamma Policy. He says that all sects desire both self-control...
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  • Asoka Mehta (24 October 1911, Bhavnagar – 10 December 1984, New Delhi) was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist politician. He helped organize the...
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  • Sujata and Asoka were a pair of dancers specialising in performing Indian, Tibetan and various Oriental dances to Western audiences. They were Sujata...
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    Flos asoka or Spangled Plushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan...
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  • The Asoka barb (Systomus asoka) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sri Lanka where it is found in the upper reaches of the Sitawaka River and its...
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  • Asoka Weerasinghe (born in Sri Lanka), was a former deputy High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Canada. Asoka was educated at Nalanda College Colombo, Sri...
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  • Asoka Handagama (born December 1962) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker. He obtained his primary and secondary schooling in a provincial school and went on to...
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  • Justice Asoka S. Wijetunga was a Sri Lankan judge. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and Magistrate. Wijetunga was educated at Royal College...
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    Asoka Nalanda Abeygunawardana (born 12 December 1963) (known as Asoka Abeygunawardana) is a Sri Lankan electrical engineer, environmentalist, social activist...
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  • Ashoka tree (redirect from Asoka tree)
    Ashoka tree is a common name for two plants which are frequently confused with each other: Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar Saraca...
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  • Ashoka (died 232 BC) was a monarch of the Mauryan Empire of India. Ashoka, Asoka, or Ashok may also refer to: Ashok (film), a 2006 Telugu film directed by...
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  • Asoka Girihagama is the current Sri Lankan Ambassador to Canada. Prior to the appointment he was the Ambassador to Oman and a Director General for the...
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    Nuvarapaksa Hevalage Asoka Mahanama Karunaratne (26 January 1916 – 24 February 1988) (known as Asoka Karunaratne) was a Sri Lankan politician and philanthropist...
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  • Major General Deshamanya Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardena, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, was a Sri Lankan army general and politician. He was the former Provincial Governor...
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  • Samaraweera Asoka Ponnamperuma (born 3 May 1936 – died 2 April 1993 as අශෝක පොන්නම්පෙරුම) [Sinhala]) was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema as well as a singer...
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    Asoka Weeraratna (December 12, 1918 – July 2, 1999) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhala) Buddhist missionary, who founded the German Dharmaduta Society in 1952...
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    Ashoka Chakra (redirect from Asoka Chakra)
    The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the Dharmachakra. It is called so because it appears on a number...
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  • Asoka is a 1955 Sri Lankan romantic musical based on the Bollywood film Sheesa. Sumith Bibile as Sarath Pushpa Janet as Asoka Ananda Weerakoon as Harry...
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    Ruth (31 August 2015). The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE – 200 CE. Cambridge University Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0-52-184697-4...
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    Robin; Young, Ruth (2015), The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka, c. 6500 BCE – 200 CE, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-84697-4...
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  • In December 1977, the Janata Government appointed a committee on Panchayati Raj institutions under the chairmanship of Ashoka Mehta. The committee submitted...
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  • July 1927 – 22 April 2019; Sinhala: ලීලා අශෝකා), popularly known as Leela Asoka, was a singer from Sri Lanka. She is known for being one of the four singers...
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    studies. Inscriptions of Asoka by DC Sircar p.32-22 Archived 27 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine Romila Thapar (1997). "Asoka and the Decline of the...
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    Asoka Bandarage is a Sri Lankan academic specializing in international development, political economy, women and gender studies, multiculturalism, conflict...
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  • Asoka de Silva may refer to: Asoka de Silva (admiral) (1931–2006), Sri Lankan Navy officer Asoka de Silva (cricketer) (born 1956), Sri Lankan cricket umpire...
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    one of the major traffic junction in Mysore city, Karnataka state, India. Asoka Circle is located between Kuvempunagar and Mysore Palace. There is an old...
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    Asoka, the Buddhist emperor of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9788120613034. Rajendralal Mitra (1878). "On the Early Life of Asoka"...
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  • Asoka Peiris (born 1942 – died 24 December 2007 as අශෝක පීරිස්) [Sinhala]), was a Sri Lankan actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. A...
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