From ce108a17b98bd5bc4f469d4628a4d4ad5337bf87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: daniel Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:33:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Enrich Ashoka: add family/early career, empire extent, edict count, Kandahar inscription, fix duplicate heading --- .automate/.improve-state.tsv | 1 + .automate/continuous-improve.log | 8 +++ .automate/improve-history.log | 3 ++ .factbase/factbase.db-shm | Bin 32768 -> 32768 bytes .factbase/factbase.db-wal | Bin 4152992 -> 4152992 bytes logs/mcp-puppeteer-2026-02-22.log | 2 + rulers/ashoka.md | 86 +++++++----------------------- 7 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .automate/.improve-state.tsv create mode 100644 .automate/improve-history.log diff --git a/.automate/.improve-state.tsv b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59a2ff4 --- /dev/null +++ b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +0648e6 1771799566 diff --git a/.automate/continuous-improve.log b/.automate/continuous-improve.log index 6aab5b8..f105b57 100644 --- a/.automate/continuous-improve.log +++ b/.automate/continuous-improve.log @@ -121,3 +121,11 @@ To https://gitea.home.everyonce.com/daniel/factbase-ancient-history.git [?25h status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Fixed duplicate # Pericles heading; added Greek name etymology; expanded Key Facts with family (father Xanthippus, mother Agariste/Alcmaeonidae); added Early Life & Education section (Damon, Anaxagoras, choregos for Aeschylus 472 BCE); added Rise to Power section (Ephialtes reforms 462–461 BCE, Cimon prosecution/ostracism, Age of Pericles 461–429 BCE); added citizenship law of 451 BCE; added free theater access; added Personal Life section (Aspasia, Pericles the Younger); added trial/re-election note in Peloponnesian War; added [^3] citation for Pericles the Younger citizenship +[main 38a478e] improve: Pericles + 2 files changed, 111 insertions(+) +[2026-02-22 22:32:46] ✅ Committed: improve: Pericles +[2026-02-22 22:32:46] Done (64s) — UPDATED 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converted to Buddhism and promoted non-violence through rock and pillar edicts across the Indian subcontinent. His name means "without sorrow" in Sanskrit. In his edicts he styled himself *Devanampiya Piyadassi* ("Beloved of the Gods, gracious of mien"). [^3] ## Key Facts - Born: ~304 BCE, Pataliputra @@ -12,83 +10,39 @@ Ashoka (~304–232 BCE) was the third Maurya emperor who, after the bloody conqu - Reign: ~268–232 BCE - Dynasty: Maurya - Religion: Buddhism (after Kalinga War) +- Father: Bindusara (r. ~297–273 BCE) +- Grandfather: Chandragupta Maurya (founder of the empire) + +## Family & Early Career +- Mother variously named Subhadrangi or Dharma in Buddhist sources [^3] +- First wife: Devi (also Vidisha-mahadevi), daughter of a merchant at Ujjain +- Children with Devi: son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitra, both of whom led Buddhist missions to Sri Lanka [^3] +- As a young prince, suppressed a revolt at Taxila (~age 18), then served as viceroy at Ujjain [^3] +- Governed using the *Arthashastra* (political treatise attributed to Chanakya, Chandragupta's prime minister) as his administrative framework [^3] ## The Kalinga War - Conquered Kalinga (~262 BCE) with devastating casualties (~100,000 killed, 150,000 deported per his own edicts) - The carnage prompted his conversion to Buddhism [^1] +- His 13th Major Rock Edict records his remorse over the campaign ## Ashoka's Edicts -- Rock and pillar edicts erected across the empire in Prakrit, Greek, and Aramaic +- 33 inscriptions total on pillars, boulders, and cave walls across the empire [^3] +- Written in Prakrit, Greek, and Aramaic; the Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (~260 BCE) is carved in both Greek and Aramaic at Chehel Zina, Afghanistan [^2] - Promoted *dhamma* (dharma): Non-violence, religious tolerance, welfare of subjects - Established hospitals for humans and animals - Sent Buddhist missionaries to Sri Lanka, Central Asia, and the Hellenistic world [^2] +- Ordered construction of stupas across the empire, including the famous stupa at Sanchi [^3] + +## Empire Extent +- At its height stretched from modern-day Iran and Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east [^3] +- Capital at Pataliputra (modern Patna); provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain [^2] ## Legacy - The Ashoka Chakra appears on India's national flag - Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath is India's national emblem -- Rediscovered by James Prinsep who deciphered Brahmi script in 1837 +- Rediscovered by James Prinsep (1799–1840 CE) who deciphered Brahmi script in 1837 --- [^1]: Thapar, R. *Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas* (Oxford, 1961) [^2]: Singh, U. *A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India* (2008) ---- - -## Review Queue - - -- [x] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Born: ~304 BCE, Pataliputra" - when was this true? -> Static historical fact. 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J. "Ashoka the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jun 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashoka_the_Great/ \ No newline at end of file