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Chandragupta Mauryan the third.
Emperor of India in the 3rd Century BCE, he converted to and promoted Buddhism.
The question is incorrect. Buddhism was founded by a Himalayan prince named Siddhartha, born in Nepal, year 623 BC. The native people of ancient Nepal were the Kiratis, better known as the Gurkhas today. The Kirat people comprises of different ethnic groups, such as Tamang, Rai, Limbu, Sherpa, Gurung etc.
he was an Indian emperor who ruled Northern India 57 years
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Siddhartha Gautama,is the founder of Buddhism,but is commonly known as Buddha.
Emperor Asoka was a king of India. He was the king who united India using Buddhism and he was regarded as king Buddha.
Emperor Ashoka is believed to have converted to Buddhism after the bloody Kalinga War, which changed his thinking. He gave up his kingdom and became a Buddhist monk.
Asoka converted to Buddhism after the war, because he was sickened by the blood of civilians in the river. Asoka converted to Buddhism after meeting Buddhist monks in a quest for finding inner peace.
Hinduism was his original religion but after the great war of Kaniskh he felt very sorry for the loss of nearly 100000 lives, and then he converted to Buddhism.
It is a sect of Chinese Buddhism, derived from the pure, Indian Buddhism.
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