Through a series of edicts carved in stone and placed throughout the empire, Ashoka proclaimed to his people the importance of Buddhist values and his beliefs about how his people should act.

Emperor Ashoka, after witnessing the horrors of the Kalinga War, embraced Buddhism and dedicated his rule to promoting peace, tolerance, and compassion through moral edicts. These inscriptions ...

Major Rock Edict IV-Dhammaghosha - the sound of Dhamma/righteousness over Bherighosha - the sound of war. In his view, King ...

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. A delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks visited Ashoka's Rock Edict at Shahbazgarhi in Mardan District of Khyber ...

These pillars were in fact a sort of public address system: their purpose was to carry, carved on them, proclamations or edicts from Ashoka, which could then be promulgated all over India and beyond.

"In the first separate rock edict of Emperor Ashoka at Dhauli, he expressed his anxiety that undeserved and harsh punishment should not be imposed," the judge remarked, ordering BDA to reinstate ...