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Ashoka and the Unifier of China

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Over 2,200 years ago, two rulers on opposite ends of Asia confronted a similar problem: how to hold together vast, diverse territories emerging…

By InsideOut Consult
Published July 9, 2026 · 4 min read
ashoka and the unifier of chin

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

Over 2,200 years ago, two rulers on opposite ends of Asia confronted a similar problem: how to hold together vast, diverse territories emerging from long periods of conflict. Qin Shi Huang in China and Ashoka in India both inherited States forged through conquest. Yet the solutions they offered to the problem of unity could not have been more different.

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