But many pillars have survived, and they range across Ashoka's empire, which covered the great bulk of the sub-continent.

但很多类似的石柱仍得以留存。阿育王的帝国覆盖了几乎整个印度次大陆，而石柱遍布整个帝国。

She is with the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment.

她在 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment 工作。

Ashoka paid  particular attention to infrastructure and the intrinsic functionality of public spaces.

Ashoka 特别关注基础设施和公共空间的内在功能。

Periodically, Ashoka traveled the country  preaching dharma and relieving the suffering of the rural people.

阿育王定期周游全国，弘扬佛法，为乡间百姓解除苦难。

It was a savage, brutal assault and one which seems afterwards to have thrown Ashoka into a state of terrible remorse.

这是一场野蛮残暴的战争, 让阿育王陷人了深深的懊悔。

Best wishes, John Green Okay, Part 7, Ashoka.

最良好的祝愿，John Green 好的，第 7 部分，Ashoka。

So Ashoka built stupas, these mound-like monuments to the Buddha, all over his kingdom to show his devotion.

因此，阿育王在他的王国各地建造佛塔，这些像土丘一样的佛陀纪念碑，以示他的虔诚。

Ashoka emerged victorious and became the  head of the Maurya Empire around 265 or 268 BCE.

公元前 265 年或 268 年左右，阿育王获胜并成为孔雀王朝的领袖。

Some evidence suggests that Ashoka's grandson Dasharatha reigned in Magadha.

一些证据表明阿育王的孙子达沙拉塔在摩揭陀统治。

Ashoka's descendants had, by all accounts, continued to favor the  Buddhist religion.

众所周知，阿育王的后代继续支持佛教。

Ashoka didn't just make his intentions  known.

Ashoka 不只是表明他的意图。

Some historians suggest that the  Maurya Empire was bifurcated, and tradition states that Ashoka's son Kunala  ruled in Gandhara.

一些历史学家认为孔雀王朝是分裂的，传统上说阿育王的儿子库那罗在犍陀罗统治。

Ashoka's success cost between 100,000  and 300,000 lives, and the price of his victory would forever change Ashoka and the Maurya Empire.

阿育王的成功以 10 万到 30 万人的生命为代价，他胜利的代价将永远改变阿育王和孔雀帝国。

Today, we can only imagine what our world would be like  if political powers followed Ashoka's example.

今天，我们只能想象如果政治强国效仿阿育王的榜样，我们的世界会是什么样子。

In the end, Ashoka’s empire didn’t outlast him by much, and soon enough Buddhism declined in India, almost to the point of extinction.

最后，阿育王的帝国并没有比他更长久，印度的佛教很快衰落， 几乎濒临灭绝。

And that’s one of the reasons why Ashoka’s empire wasn’t actually very Buddhist because ultimately Buddhism isn’t that concerned with the order of the world.

这就是为什么阿育王的帝国实际上不是非常佛教徒的原因之一，因为最终佛教并不那么关心世界秩序。

Ashoka endorsed a policy of religious tolerance, guaranteeing his people the freedom to live  and worship in whatever way they saw fit.

阿育王支持宗教宽容政策，保证他的人民可以自由地以他们认为合适的方式生活和礼拜。

And on top of the most famous of all Ashoka's pillars are the four lions facing outward - the lions that are still one of the emblems of India today.

最有名的一种阿育王石柱顶端有四只向外蹲踞的狮子，狮子至今仍是印度的象征之一。

One of the most famous of Ashoka's pillars is  at Sarnath, thought to be the site of Buddha's first sermon concerning the four noble truths.

阿育王最著名的柱子之一位于鹿野苑，被认为是佛陀第一次讲授四圣谛的地方。

And Ashoka experienced this conversion to Buddhism after he saw his own army devastate the Kingdom of Kalinga, something I bring up primarily so that I can say Kingdom of Kalinga.

阿育王在看到他自己的军队摧毁了卡林伽王国之后经历了这种皈依佛教的经历，我提出这个问题主要是为了让我可以说是卡林伽王国。