section_path: Family/Sons
section_name: Sons
paragraph_text: Sons
  
  Tivara, the fourth son of Ashoka and Karuvaki, is the only of Ashoka's sons to be mentioned by name in the inscriptions.
  
  According to North Indian tradition, Ashoka had a second son named Kunala. Kunala had a son named Samprati.
  
  The Sri Lankan tradition mentions a son called Mahinda, who was sent to Sri Lanka as a Buddhist missionary; this son is not mentioned at all in the North Indian tradition. The Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang states that Mahinda was Ashoka's younger brother (Vitashoka or Vigatashoka) rather than his illegitimate son.
  
  The Divyavadana mentions the crown-prince Kunala alias Dharmavivardhana, who was a second son of Ashoka and empress Padmavati. According to Faxian, Dharmavivardhana was appointed as the governor of Gandhara.
  
  The Rajatarangini mentions Jalauka as a third son of Ashoka.