the ledger of connections
The Connections of Ashoka
Mauryan emperor who renounced conquest and spread Buddhist values Every person recorded alongside Ashoka in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Ashoka in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Bindusara, Subhadrangi
- Spouses
- Tishyaraksha, Karuvaki, Devi, Padmavati, Asandhimitra
- Children
- Kunala, Mahinda, Sangamitta, Tivala, Charumati
- Siblings
- Vitashoka
- Teachers
- Upagupta
- Influenced by
- Gautama Buddha
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 304 BCE to 232 BCE.
Ancient era
Epicurus
342 BCE – 270 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher
Ancient era
Zeno of Citium
334 BCE – 263 BCE
Greek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
Ancient era
Euclid
b. c. 333 BCE
Ancient Greek mathematician (fl. 300 BC)
Ancient era
Archimedes
287 BCE – 212 BCE
Greatest mathematician of antiquity, pioneer of mechanics and hydrostatics
Ancient era
Eratosthenes
276 BCE – 194 BCE
Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, librarian and music theorist
Ancient era
Ptolemy I Soter
c. 365 BCE – c. 285 BCE
Macedonian general, ruler of Egypt
Ancient era
Hannibal
247 BCE – 183 BCE
Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)
Ancient era
Scipio Africanus
235 BCE – 183 BCE
Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC)
Ancient era
Mencius
372 BCE – 289 BCE
Chinese Confucian philosopher (372–289 BC)
Ancient era
Qin Shi Huang
259 BCE – 210 BCE
First Emperor of unified China, builder of the Great Wall's foundation
Ancient era
Liu Bang
256 BCE – 195 BCE
Founding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
Ancient era
Chandragupta Maurya
340 BCE – 297 BCE
Founder of the Maurya Empire (350–295 BCE)