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.

Explore the Ashokan Eras cultural and political developments, highlighting Ashokas influence on Buddhism and governance.

To advance this principle, Ashoka had edicts based on the dharma carved on rocks, pillars, and caves throughout his kingdom and sent emissaries abroad to disseminate his views. After Ashoka's ...

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.

And even in the remorse edict, he warns some hostile communities to not provoke, lest they be crushed. Olivelle’s deconstructs the Ashoka duality dispassionately, without judging him.