Word: ashoka
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...Ashoka (beloved of the gods) made India into a united nation in the 3rd Century B.C. He was "the only military monarch on record who abandoned warfare after victory." He also popularized Buddhist vegetarianism. After consolidating all India except the southernmost tip, Ashoka remorsefully swore off war, and ruled "for thirty-eight years, trying his utmost to promote peacefully the public good. He was always ready for public business 'at all times and at all places, whether I am dining or in the ladies' apartments, in my bedroom or in my closet, in my carriage...
...Shri Krishna of the prehistoric India, Buddha, Jesus of Nazareth, Confucius, Mohammed, Zoroaster,--all these through the avenue of religion appeared before the human race and helped the human mind to evolve many of its rich potentialities of faith, righteousness, and spirituality. Personalities such as Ashoka, Charlemagne, Peter the Great, Napoleon, Mazzini, Shiwaji, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and others rose to eminence and power through sincere and farsighted service to their fellow men in organizing programs of human conduct conducive to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness in the worldly sense...