<P> Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty conquered Kalinga in the bloody Kalinga War in 261 BCE which was the 8th year of his reign . According to his own edicts, the war about 1,000,000 people were killed, 1,500,000 were captured and several more were affected . The resulting bloodshed and suffering of the war deeply affected Ashoka . He turned into a pacifist and converted to Buddhism . </P> <P> The Kalingans had used personnel from the Atavika region, which was in the west of Kalinga, during the war . According to his edicts, Ashoka conquered the coastal region of Kalinga but didn't try to conquer the Atavika region . The Mauryans governed the Kalinga region as a province . They used Tosali as the regional capital and judiciary center . A kumara (viceroy) ruled from Tosali, modern - day Dhauli . Samapa, modern - day Jaugada, was another administrative centre . Ashoka erected two edicts in the region, at Jaugada and Dhauli . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Daya River plains, near Dhauli, the supposed site of the Kalinga War </Td> <Td> Kalinga and Maurya Empire before the invasion of Ashoka </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Daya River plains, near Dhauli, the supposed site of the Kalinga War </Td> <Td> Kalinga and Maurya Empire before the invasion of Ashoka </Td> </Tr>

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