Pawan and Kaurwaki is wounded. Asoka later visits the battlefield, where he discovers his horse, who was supposed to be in Kaurwaki's possession. With a surge of hope, he frantically searches for Kaurwaki and finds her. They have a heart-to-heart talk, and he apologises deeply for his actions. He is interrupted by Arya, who is dying after being pierced with arrows. With Arya dying in his arms, Asoka suddenly realises that his enemies, his family, and even Arya, are all dead because of him. His grandfather's warning about the sword had been correct. The film ends with Asoka throwing the sword into the water at the same spot as his grandfather, and embracing Buddhism. The final narrative describes how Asoka not only built a large empire but spread Buddhism and the winds of peace throughout the empire. Cast Shahrukh Khan as Samrat Ashoka / Pawan Ajith Kumar as Susima Kareena Kapoor as Kaurwaki Danny Denzongpa as Virat Hrishitaa Bhatt as Devi Rahul Dev as Bheema Gerson Da Cunha as King Bindusara Subhashini Ali as Dharma Umesh Mehra as Emperor Chadragupta Sooraj Balaji as Prince Arya Johnny Lever as Magadha soldier#1 Raghuvir Yadav as Magadha soldier#2 Suresh Menon as Magadha soldier#3 Shilpa Mehta as Queen, Susima's mother. RajLaxmi R.Roy as Bar Girl Vivek Sharma as Sugidha C. L. Gurnani as Pandit Mithilesh Chaturvedi as Kalinga Minister Shweta Menon as Nandaneshwari Gayatri Jayaraman as an item number Dimple Inamdar as an item number Suresh Oberoi as Narrator Bomie E. Dotiwala as Devi's father Shraddha Nigam Differences from history "Asoka had embraced Buddhism long before the Kaling War, and yet, as far as historical accuracy is concerned, there's a surprising result: though the whole Pawan/Kaurwaki episode is fantasy, the film mostly avoids messing around with the known facts", wrote historian Alex von Tunzelmann. There is also no historical evidence of a queen ruling Kalinga at the time of Asoka's invasion. The film also does not depict Ashoka's love for Devi. The film also explicitly suggests Kalinga as a democracy. Production "I was dancing in a train for a song in a movie ("Chaiyya Chaiyya" on the sets of Mani Ratnam's Dil Se..) that Santosh Sivan was lensing, and he came up to me between shots and told me about Asoka," says Shah Rukh Khan. "I could only understand half of what he said but I could see the determination in his eyes, and