Comparison between Rulers (Ashoka and Constantine) | Essay
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Comparison between Rulers (Asoka and Constantine)
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Comparison between Rulers (Asoka and Constantine)
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COMPARISON BETWEEN RULERS
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Asoka is regarded as one of the great emperors of the Mauryan Dynasty of India.
Asoka ruled in the period from 268 BCE to 232 BCE. Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta
Maurya expanded the empire of Chandragupta Maurya to reign over the empire that stretched
from the present day Afghanistan in the west to the present day Bangladesh in the east.
Asoka’s empire therefore covered the entire Indian subcontinent except region covered by the
present day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala (Edwards 2016).The capital of Asoka’s
empire was situated in Pataliputra, Magadha (Present day Bihar, India) with the provincial
capitals located in Taxila and Ujjain.
Constantine was the great Greek ruler who ruled from 27th February AD 272 to 22nd May AD
337.Popularly known as Constantine 1, he hailed from Naissus in the city of Nis. Constantine
as an emperor enacted several administrative, financial, military and social reforms to
strengthen the empire. Constantine restructured the existing government of Nis that
differentiated between the civil and the military authorities. Constantine took several steps to
combat inflation like introduction of gold coins, ‘solidus’ (Tahbildar and Borah 2018).
Constantine also reorganized the Roman army that will consist of the mobile pattern of field
units equipped with the garrison soldiers capable of facing the internal threats within the
administration and to deal with the Barbarian invasions.
There were certain similarities between the leadership roles of Constantine and
Asoka. Constantine after his conversion to Christianity, he worked for the spread of
Christianity throughout the entire Roman Empire, which made it evident that his religious
conversion acted as a very powerful and an influential force. Similarly, Asoka had a very
influential force in the spread of Buddhism throughout the Indian subcontinent and the
neighboring nations.
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Asoka is regarded as one of the great emperors of the Mauryan Dynasty of India.
Asoka ruled in the period from 268 BCE to 232 BCE. Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta
Maurya expanded the empire of Chandragupta Maurya to reign over the empire that stretched
from the present day Afghanistan in the west to the present day Bangladesh in the east.
Asoka’s empire therefore covered the entire Indian subcontinent except region covered by the
present day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala (Edwards 2016).The capital of Asoka’s
empire was situated in Pataliputra, Magadha (Present day Bihar, India) with the provincial
capitals located in Taxila and Ujjain.
Constantine was the great Greek ruler who ruled from 27th February AD 272 to 22nd May AD
337.Popularly known as Constantine 1, he hailed from Naissus in the city of Nis. Constantine
as an emperor enacted several administrative, financial, military and social reforms to
strengthen the empire. Constantine restructured the existing government of Nis that
differentiated between the civil and the military authorities. Constantine took several steps to
combat inflation like introduction of gold coins, ‘solidus’ (Tahbildar and Borah 2018).
Constantine also reorganized the Roman army that will consist of the mobile pattern of field
units equipped with the garrison soldiers capable of facing the internal threats within the
administration and to deal with the Barbarian invasions.
There were certain similarities between the leadership roles of Constantine and
Asoka. Constantine after his conversion to Christianity, he worked for the spread of
Christianity throughout the entire Roman Empire, which made it evident that his religious
conversion acted as a very powerful and an influential force. Similarly, Asoka had a very
influential force in the spread of Buddhism throughout the Indian subcontinent and the
neighboring nations.
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