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Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War

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Which Indian ruler fought the Kalinga War?

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The Kalinga War (ended c. 262 BCE) was fought in what is now India between the Maurya Empire under Ashoka and the state of Kalinga, an independent feudal kingdom located on the east coast, in the present-day state of Odisha and north of Andhra Pradesh.
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