fair and square - ashoka killed all his brothers right? to ascend to the throne - and he tricked susima into burning coal or something right - not exactly relying on wiki - but that seems to be written everywhere...
its even mentioned that ashoka resorted to violence on two occasions even after adopting to buddhism..
more than anything, Id like clarity on what led to the big transformation of his - the whole kalinga war reason looks a little unbelievable, coz for someone who has resorted to violence on rampant scale, killing his near and dear ones including wives, brothers, ministers and even built a torture chamber...its hard to believe that witnessing dead bodies transformed him?π