PLZZ HELP ME REPHASE THIS AND NO LINKS PLZZZZ The people of the Mauryan Empire worshipped Buddhism, Jainism, Ajika, and Hinduism. The third leader, Ashoka, honestly believed that religion is what could save the empire, but it is also what caused its downfall, and the Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana, following the path of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC.