Jump to content

Ashoka (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cyrius (talk | contribs) at 01:16, 21 March 2004 ({{msg:disambig}}). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Ashoka was Emperor of the Mauryan Empire in the third century BC.


Asoka is a 2001 film giving a largely fictional account of Ashoka's life story. It was directed by Santosh Sivan and stars Shahrukh Khan as Ashoka and Kareena Kapoor as Kaurwaki, a princess of Kalinga.


The Ashoka tree is a flowering tree found in India and Sri Lanka.