What other sources might us to better understand what life was like for people living in the maurya empire while ashoka was the king

Ashoka is considered the first emperor (King) of India. The violence in his process of becoming the King affected his personality and he implemented the Buddhism as the center of his empire. Understanding what it means the culture of peace might help us to better understand what life was like for people living in his reign.

there is an explationation of this on a site called crash   course world history 1

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