33 inscriptions

What Did Ashoka’s Edicts Say?

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What Did Ashoka’s Edicts Say? According to the edicts, the extent of Buddhist proselytism during this period reached as far as the Mediterranean, and many Buddhist monuments were created. These inscriptions proclaim Ashoka’s adherence to the Buddhist philosophy which, as in Hinduism, is called dharma, “Law”. Why are Ashoka’s edicts and inscriptions important? Importance of

Which Kind Of Source Is Ashoka Inscription?

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Which Kind Of Source Is Ashoka Inscription? Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions are in dialects of Prakrit (the various local languages spoken in North India, distinct from, but related to literary Sanskrit), which was the language of political power in the subcontinent for several centuries, and are written in an early form of the Brahmi script.