Asoka's Ruthlessness Dbq

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There was a leader in India thats name was Asoka. He started many unfair wars and unjust laws. He was very unfair to me. He started wars that weren’t supposed to happen. This was about 2,000 years ago. Asokas was a ruthless conqueror because he was responsible for many deaths and waged unjust war. One way Asoka's ruthlessness can be seen is because he wanted unfair wars, he also wanted unjust laws, and he was also responsible for many deaths. This is supported in document e where it states, “If a hundred or a thousand part of those people who were killed or died or who were deported when Kalinga was annexed were to suffer, it would weigh heavily on the mind of Beloved of the gods.” This proves that the fact that Asoka was an enlightenment ruler