Ashoka
303 BC–231 BC
Mauryan emperor from 268 to 232 BCE
emperor · politician · Buddhist monk
Born in Patna
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Ashoka:
- Archimedes (286 BC–211 BC)
- Euclid (333 BC–284 BC)
- Qin Shi Huang (258 BC–209 BC)
- Epicurus (341 BC–269 BC)
- Chanakya Kautilya (374 BC–282 BC)
- Hannibal (246 BC–182 BC)
- Eratosthenes (275 BC–193 BC)
- Mencius (371 BC–288 BC)