Asoka

Ajivikas ancient animals Arthasastra asinava Asoka Asoka says Asura Beloved Bhikshu Bhikshu-gatika Brahmans Brahmi Buddha Buddhist Bühler Choda column connection copies denote Devānāṁ-priya Dhamma Dhamma-lipis Dharma-Mahāmātras Dhauli dialect District dominions doubt duties empire engraved epigraphic fact faith follow Fourteen Rock Edicts frontier Gandhāras Girnar gods Greek growth of Dhamma hearkening Hindu Ibid India inscribed Jaina Jainism Jātaka JRAS Kalinga Kambojas Kautilya Kautilya's kingdom Kumāra latter Magadha Mahābhārata Mahāmātras Mauryan mentioned Minor Rock Edicts missionary monarch monks nakshatra namely neighbours object officials Pāli passage Pataliputra period Pillar Edict VII practice of Dhamma Prakrit preached province Rajjukas records referred regard reign religion religious Rhys Davids rite royal ruler saith king Priyadarsin samājas Samgha Sanskrit Sarnath scholars sects seen Senart sense shows spiritual Sramaņas stone Sutta svarga tells texts tion Tishya tour Translation welfare and happiness whole word Yavana Yuktas