Asoka

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