Assertion (A) : Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire. Reason (R) : Kalinga controlled the land and sea routes to South India. Codes :

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Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. Kalinga Victory resulted in a large scale of bloodshed in the history of Magadha and India . This war culminated the policy of conquest and imperial expansion that Bimbisara started by conquering Anga province. Ashoka attacked Kalinga in the eighth year of his coronation in 261 BC.The 13th great inscription of Ashoka describes the Kalinga war and the destruction there. Kalinga was extremely important in Ancient India in terms of political, economic, geographical as well as strategically. For this reason, Ashoka’s Kalinga expedition was aimed at seizing the terrestrial and maritime trade route. He conquered and annexed Kalinga to his empire.

Assertion (A) : Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan Empire. Reason (R) : Kalinga controlled the land and sea routes to South India. Codes :

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