In Magadh, the Shishunaga dynasty was followed by the Nanda dynasty, and then by the Maurya dynasty. The first three Maurya emperors, Chandragupta, Bindusara, and Ashoka, were great conquerors. They extended the frontiers of the Maurya empire almost throughout the whole of India. They paid no attention of Nepal, a small Kingdom located in the midst of forests. Ashoka later gave up the campaign of military conquest and followed the policy of bringing other countries within the sphere of his influence by propagating the Buddhist religion. Accordingly, in the course of his tour of Buddhist places of pilgrimage, he visited Rumin, birthplace of Buddha, and installed a pillar there (248 B.C). His religious envoys reached different places in India, as well as Burma and the Yavana Kingdoms of the east. Thanks to their efforst, the
small Buddhist sect established by Gautama Buddha was transformed into the great Buddhist religion. However, Ashoka sent envoys of medium rank to propagate that religion in the Himalyanan region only toward the last days of his life. These envoys reached Nepal as few years before or after Ashoka was ousterd from the throne (236 B.C). the Nepars adopted the Buddhist religion with reverence, but not the neighboring Magars, Murmis, Syarpas, and Thamis.
Buddha taught the lesson of purity of mind, speech, body, and action. He made atheism and non-violence the fundamental tenets of the Buddhist religion. The Nepars were able to understand sermons on good conduct, but found it difficult to prartice them. Even the, they tried their best. It was not difficult to understand the essence of atheism, but it was a formidable effort to forget the traditional gods and remounce violence. Even then , the Nepars gradually forgot their old gods. They found it impossible to stop the practice of the slaughtering animals, and so continued doing so. Buddha died of indigestion after eating pork. For that reason, Indian Buddhists abjuredthe concumption of pork, and the Nepars too followed suit. The Kirant not have spread had it not been accepted by Kings. By the second generation, the Nepars had become stanch Buddhists. Five stupas or Chaityas were then constructed in Lalitpur, the then capital. These still survive in the form of mounds and are known as Ashoka’s stupas.
small Buddhist sect established by Gautama Buddha was transformed into the great Buddhist religion. However, Ashoka sent envoys of medium rank to propagate that religion in the Himalyanan region only toward the last days of his life. These envoys reached Nepal as few years before or after Ashoka was ousterd from the throne (236 B.C). the Nepars adopted the Buddhist religion with reverence, but not the neighboring Magars, Murmis, Syarpas, and Thamis.
Buddha taught the lesson of purity of mind, speech, body, and action. He made atheism and non-violence the fundamental tenets of the Buddhist religion. The Nepars were able to understand sermons on good conduct, but found it difficult to prartice them. Even the, they tried their best. It was not difficult to understand the essence of atheism, but it was a formidable effort to forget the traditional gods and remounce violence. Even then , the Nepars gradually forgot their old gods. They found it impossible to stop the practice of the slaughtering animals, and so continued doing so. Buddha died of indigestion after eating pork. For that reason, Indian Buddhists abjuredthe concumption of pork, and the Nepars too followed suit. The Kirant not have spread had it not been accepted by Kings. By the second generation, the Nepars had become stanch Buddhists. Five stupas or Chaityas were then constructed in Lalitpur, the then capital. These still survive in the form of mounds and are known as Ashoka’s stupas.
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