Ashoka the Great

As they approached the front gate to the Kaiaphas farm Argo was walking out ahead of Vinnie while Kyla and Zammie walked on either side of Vinnie and a few steps back. Both of the cousins held large palm leaves that they used to fan Vinnie with as if he was the Sultan of Arabia. They made quite a procession as they approached the watchman at the front gate.
“What do you want?” asked the watchman.
“Greetings, sir,” said Argo. “May I introduce to you the Maharaja Garuda. We are here seeking audience with Lord Kaiaphas, owner of this farm.”
The watchman couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
“Maha-what?” he asked. “Who are you people?”
“Just visitors to your wonderful land,” said Argo, “and we are politely requesting the presence of Lord Kaiaphas because we have some items for sale that we believe he will be very interested in seeing.”
“What kind of items?” asked the watchman.
“Magic items, sir, magic items, but that is all I am at liberty to say right now. If Lord Kaiaphas has no interest in these items then we will be on our way."

-- Introduction of the "Maharaja"

from Time Trip #1 (Chapter 13)

Actor Shah Rukh Khan from the film Aŝoka

Ashoka the Great ruled as a just and merciful king from his epiphany in 265 until his death in 232 BCE, at the age of 72. We no longer know the names of most of his wives and children, but his twin children by his first wife, Devi, a boy called Mahindra and a girl named Sanghamitra, were instrumental in converting Sri Lanka to Buddhism.

After Ashoka's death, the Mauryan Empire continued to exist for 50 years, but it went into a gradual decline. The last Mauryan emperor was Brhadrata, who was assassinated in 185 BCE by one of his generals, Pusyamitra Sunga. Although his family did not rule for long after he was gone, Ashoka's principles and his examples lived on through the Vedas. He is now known the world over as one of the best rulers ever to have reigned.
From AsianHistory.com

Kareena Kapoor as Kaurwaki from the film Aŝoka

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