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HE SHALL RULE
THERE AS THE
VICERoY. HE
VVlLL KEEP
PEACE
THERE.
t--:A:;:S:;-,""",::::::A-'HAS:;::
::-"~'"-:-'"
ALVVAVS BEEN
pQ()LJO. THE
SUCCESS WILL
GO TO HIS
HEAD.
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~
~--~--~A~S~HCKA~~--~~~
BACK IN l1-lE
CAPITAL.
I
DON"T
LIKE IT.
ESPECIALLV
WITH OUQ
OLD FATI-R
OEPENOING
ON HIM.
tl
0
.,
2.~
'AM
\"\I()QQIEO
ABOUT
THE FUTUI2E
OF ""
KINGDClM.
A &?BELUON7NlsnME IN
I..A.AJAINI.
FATHEQ ,
HERE I AM .
I GOT
""'-'"
MESSAGE.
PQOvINCE
UJUAlNI
NEEDS
ABLE
AN
VCEQO.I.
BuT TI<E
VICE""'"
DESIGNATE .. .
REBELS THERE .
YOU ALONE
CAN 00 IT ,
SOON
AFTE~OS-
="
LET'S CAl'v1P
HEQE FOQ
---
A VVHILE. REST
THE HORSES.
VEst
VIOlSH4!
AS THIS
~AE.;N.~"'~~~"'~AS
SUCH
CHA.0VfING
EVES!
FIND OUT
WHO HEQ
~RENTS
ARE.
I WANT
"TO MEET
THEM.
WHOSE
PARE N TS,,!
511< ?
TELL IHE
SHRESHTHII
VVANT TO
MEET HIM .
I"VE NEVEIl
SEEN OUfl
PQfNCE
HESITATE
THUS
........ES . WANT
THE HAN O OF
-.cuI;!
0<l.uGHTE12
'N MAQRJAGE.
, AM
HONQUQED ,
S.Q.
7Vf1.~U?OS
WARilIOR . IN NO nM
THE REBELS .
&<tIlE ASHOKA
L-~r
I DlSUKE
KILUNG ..
EVEN IN
BATTLES .
ESPECIALL"f
THAT'S SILL"f
IT.
BECAUSE
'-IOU AI2E A
BUDDHIST .
I A M NOT
...ou 5I"W
lAMA
KSHATRt .....A
WHAT ABOUT
BIMBISARA?
HE TOO WAS
A KING.
KING .
WN DUlY
ENJOINS
KILLING
IF NEED
HE FOUND
IN THE
BE.
"~H~"~[)I~FFERE/l.CES
BETWEEN
ANO
PETl$ISTEO.
MONTHSASHOKA
LATER, WHEN
GAVE BlRTI-I TO A SON-
,.--J
I WISH, HE
CONQUERS THE
HEARTS OF MEN
AS DQIN CE
SIDDHARTHA
D ID.
7l1ooO
LOQO!
THIS TIME,
LET ME
CHCJOSE THE
NAME.
f--
~ HAD HURllfl!O
CONSUL.A'IONS Wf'TH
VIOtSHA .
I HAVE RECEIVED
A MESSAGE FI2Qtv1
AS '-IOU
WISH,
IVN LORD!
I WILL.
WHAT IS
IT?
I WANT YOU
TO SHUN
VIOLENCE
OF ALL
KINDS.
AT
~TAl...lPUTRA .
-.ou
CAN ESCAPE
INTO THE
WOODS.
00 "-OJ SUGGEST
THAT I RUN AWA Y
HIM. WHILE
THEIR WA ..... -
rRtfE
AT H'$ COURT-
PEACEFUL?
"""
""""""""
.AQE THE
BORDEI2S
QUIET?
COfV'IMANDER!
OURS.
SHALL
VISIT
"'ALlI\JGA
""--
M AJ'...I'-I.
AS
IT LOOK S
DESOLAT E
HE Re .
WE HAVE
C APTU(;I:ED
1. 50,000
MEN,
""'-'"
M.A....JEST'-I.
LAKHS HAVE
DlED.4'OJR
MAJES T'-I .
o...fNOI
LET'S
RETURN.
fN Ti-IC
I HAVE
LOST MY
YOUR
PEACE OF
MAJEST.."t
AREN'T
'<OU
W ELL?
MIND.
'NHERE IS VlDlSHA?
- -1"
SHE
PLANS
"TO .JOIN
THE~A
ctF Bu(J()I4A.
ioyou.
afle~
In.m
COMFORT
!C'~~~~~::.;.
OF HIS
CONTINUEO
KILLINGS.
MAY I "';NOW
MY MOTHER
YClUR NAME,
PLEASE?
CALLED M E
NIGROOHA
KUrvt,.<:\,R
YES.
J AM '-IOUa
NEPHEW.
I CAN GUESS
WHAT IS
GOIf'\G 0f'.J
IN "-tOUR
MIND.
c,ou
WHY SHOULD , ?
BECAUSE
HATE ME .
DON'T
vou?
NOT
ThlAT REASOI'>!
ENOuGH
TO !-lATe.
ANOTHER'?
PRA'-t,WHERE
FROM THE
010 '-IOU
LEARN THtS'?
TEACHINGS
AT SUCH A
TENDER
AGE?
OF LORD
BuDDHA.
THE'-( BRING
PEACE TO
TROUBLEO
MINOS .
MV MINO HAS
NOT I<NCNVN
PEACE.
THEN SEEK
REFUGE IN
&uOOl-IA .
I -=<E
REFUGE
IN THE
BlJOOHA.
fTAKE
REFUGE
IN THE
SANGHA.
I TAXE
REFlJGE"
IN THE
DHARMA.
CAME
/ILL HIS
N OWWASO/V
PEACEANO
HEERECTEt;t
PILLARS .. .
~~
MUST YOU.
MAHINORA? IT IS
WITH A HEAVY
HEART- BUT
1 GIVE '-;QU
PERMISSION.
EXCEPT..
FATHER, ALLOW
ME TO JOIN THE
NUNNERY.
M V KUS8 A N D AND
SON HAVE REN OUN CED
THE \,/I,.()RLD. I TAKE
NO PLEASURE
IN LIFE.
A F ,ER'A FEW
FATHER. I
'AOULO LIKE
T O GO TO
GO .
MV SON.
GO WITH M V
B LESSINGS.
LANKA .
YO..J MEAN,
SANGHAM ITRA?
A M ESSAGE HAS
BEEN RECEIVED
FROM LAI'-IJo<A.
THEV NEED
NUNS AT THE
M ISSION.
HM ...
SANGHAMITRA.
HAVE GroNN OLD.
CAN BEAR GRIEF
NO MORE.
I
UNDERSTAND.
I WISH '-A:XJ
SUCCESS .
GO. MV
CHILD .
OHI VlO/SHA.
<.,.GVR CHIL(;JREN
~VELEFTM
DO NOT
GRIEVE.
PiLLAR
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