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King Ashoka became Buddhist after he was horrified with the tyranny of Kalinga War. It was in

$258 {BC}$
$260 {BC}$
$200 {BC}$
$327 {BC}$

Solution:

Conquest of Kalinga (Modern Odisha) is mentioned in Ashokan Inscriptions. Ashoka's coronation took place in 269-68 BC and eight years after his coronation, he campaigned for Kalinga and Conquest of Kalinga took place in 9th year of Ashoka's reign i.e.

260 {BCE}

.The Kalinga war was a horrifying event. It mentions that hundred and fifty thousand people were displaced, hundred thousand people were killed .The vivid description of Kalinga war is given in 13th Rock Edict.

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