Asoka

Centuries before King Asoka the Buddhists sent out missionaries all over the world.

And, O son of Kunti, in that spot is the tirtha called Asoka abounding in woody retreats of ascetics.

Then she bent and broke the flowery twigs from trees, such as the Sala, the Asoka and the Tilaka.

In the month of Chaitra on the thirteenth lunar day, the Madanotsava is celebrated and the Asoka tree is worshipped.

Afterwards king Asoka, wishing to know where their ends rested, sent men to dig and see.