Ashoka Omukulu

Ashoka oba Ashoka Omukulu (304 B.C.E. okutuuka mu 232 B.C.E.) yali empula Omuyindi. Yali empula owookusatu mu bwakabaka bwa Maurya. Atwalibwa ng’omufuzi asinga obukulu mu byafaayo bya Buyindi okutuusa kati.^[1]

Obufuzi bwe bwava mu mwaka gwa 269 BC okutuuka mu 232 BC mu Buyindi ey’edda. Obwakabaka bwa Empula Ashoka bwali ku bitundu ebisinga obungi ebya India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal ne Bangladesh ebiriwo kati. Obwakabaka buno obunene obwa Maurya bubadde bwakabaka bwa Buyindi obusinga obunene okuva mu kiseera ekyo okutuusa kati.

Empula Ashoka era amanyiddwa olw’okuddukanya obulungi enzikiriza ya Buddha n’okutumbula enzikiriza ya Buddha mu nsi yonna. ‘Akabonero’ ka Republic of India kaggyiddwa ku Mpagi ya Empula Ashoka. ‘Ashoka Chakra’ nayo eweereddwa ekifo ku bendera y’eggwanga lya Buyindi.