U-Ashoka
U-Ashoka (304 - 232 BCE), owaziwa nangokuthi u-Ashoka Omkhulu, wayengumbusi waseNdiya woMbuso WaseMaurya. Wabusa cishe lonke izwekazi laseNdiya kusukela 268 BCE kuya ku-232 BCE. I-Ashoka yakhuthaza ukusabalala kweBuddhism kulo lonke elase-Asia yasendulo. Abaningi babembheka njengomunye wababusi abakhulu emhlabeni.