<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliSouthern India remained independent, but Ashoka had his hands full with a large empire that now extended as far north as Kashmir and east to Bengal.  <response>: India ya Kusini ilibaki huru, lakini Ashoka alikuwa na mikono yake kamili na milki kubwa ambayo sasa ilienea kaskazini hadi Kashmir na mashariki hadi Bengal. 