According to Osho, Ashoka’s persecution of Brahmins wasn’t a personal aberration but an expression of the ‘Indian mind’—a cultural habit of religious power turning intolerant. Once Buddhism gained imperial backing, it behaved like any organized faith in power; Buddhists, too, would burn Hindus. The issue is sectarian mindsets, not Ashoka’s individuality.
He did it because groups in power often hurt other groups, and that was a common mindset then—not just Ashoka’s personal choice.