Asoka

- Chandragupta's grandson
- began ruling 268 B.C.
- fought in cruel battle to gain the Deccan region
- turned to Buddhism and nonviolence
- limited Hindu sacrifices and stopped eating meat
- sent people to spread the word of Buddhism
- tolerance for other religions
- built: pillars across India to give advice, hospitals, shrines for Buddhism roads and rest homes
- died in 185 B.C.
- empire declined