Samrat Ashoka

It was burial ground,

No,

It's not,

It is where the Kalinga war happened,

Samrat Ashoka saw the bodies of the dead,

Blood is flowing as canals,

There were bodies of soldiers,

some are without hands,

some are without legs,

some are without heads,

What is a victory?

Ashoka questioned himself,

What war does to people,

It costs lives, property,

More than anything,

freedom is taken away,

Kalingans became slaves,

Many soldiers in the Mauryan army too dead,

Can I call this a victory?

Where is peace,

I do not want happiness from war,

When his soul questioned,

The Great Ashoka went to Buddhism to find an answer.