A%C5%9Boka (2001 film)

Ahoka Hindi , Urdu is a 2001 Indian epic historical drama film directed and cowritten by Santosh Sivan. It is a dramatised version of the early life of emperor Asoka, of the Maurya dynasty, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE.

The film chronicles the early part of the life of Emperor Asoka. It begins with his career as a General in Takshashila modernday Punjab and ends with the bloody conquest of the Kalinga country modern day Odisha StateEmperor Chandragupta Maurya, grandfather of Asoka, of the Maurya empire, has decided to embrace Jainism and abdicate the throne of the empire infavour of his son Bindusara. But his grandson, Prince Asoka, claims his sword. The old emperor explains that this sword is evil and the sword demands blood and destruction. ........

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