1764433 Scenes from the Life of King Ashoka, Gate of Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh (stone) by Indian School; (add.info.: Ashoka Maurya (304??32 BCE), commonly known as Ashoka and also as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from circa 269 BCE to 232 BCE. The \'Great Stupa\' at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE.); Dinodia; Indian, out of copyright.