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- The Kalinga War was fought in ancient India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga.
- Kalinga was an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north parts of Andhra Pradesh.
- The Kalinga war included one of the largest and deadliest battles in Indian history.
- Kalinga did not have a king as it was culturally run without any.
- This is the only major war Ashoka fought after his accession to the throne.
- This war marks the close of empire building and military conquests of ancient India that began with Maurya king Bindusara.
- The bloodshed of this war is said to have prompted Ashoka to adopt Buddhism with them.
- Whole cities were destroyed and more than a hundred thousand people were killed in the war.
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