Get to know about the Kalinga war.

Ashoka was one of the well known king in the Indian history. For the first seven years of his rule, there was nothing special about his administration. Later he wanted to expand his empire and declared war on Kalinga. Ashoka fought the Kalinga war in 261 B.C. Though Ashoka won the war, it brought a revolutionary change in the attitude of the emperor. He saw, in the battle field, the flow of blood, thouseands killed and more wounded. Many became widows and orphans on account of his ambition to expand his empire. The river in view in the picture shown above is said to have become blood red in the war between Kalinga and Emperor Ashoka. It was the place where the Kalinga war took place several years ago.