Ashoka
Mataridziko
Ashoka Mukuru (304 BC kusvika 232 BC) aive mambo weIndia. Akanga ari mambo wechitatu weMaurya Empire. Anoonekwa semutongi mukuru wenhoroondo yeIndia kusvika parizvino.
Kutonga kwake kwaive kubva 269 BC kusvika 232 BC muIndia yekare. Humambo hwaMambo Ashoka hwaive munzvimbo zhinji dzemazuva ano India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal neBangladesh. Humambo hukuru uhu hweMaurya hwave humambo hukuru hweIndia kubva panguva iyoyo kusvika nhasi.
Emperor Ashoka anozivikanwa zvakare nekutonga kwakanaka uye kusimudzirwa kwepasirese Ubhudha. Iyo 'Emblem' yeRepublic of India inotorwa kubva paMbiru yaEmperor Ashoka. 'Ashoka Chakra' yakapihwawo nzvimbo mumureza wenyika yeIndia.