Ashoka Personalities South Asia

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• - Excerpts from some of the Rock Edicts Ashoka used to spread Buddhism.
  
• - A history of the discovery and translation of Ashoka's rock edicts.
  
• - Argues that an Asokan Pillar at Delhi is an altar of Alexander and that an Indian conspiracy assassinated him.
  
• - Historical information.
  
• - A short biography.
  
• - Description of his life and a translation of Ashoka's rock edicts.
  
• - An outline of his life and origins, his conversion, and his acts.
  
• - Extracts from the Rock and Pillar Edicts of the Indian king Ashoka (290-232 BC).
  
• - An account of his life, his rise to power, and his conversion and acts. Includes a few relevant pictures.
  
• - A biography by Pradip Bhattacharya detailing Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism.
  
• - A translation by the Buddhist Publication Society of all of the known Rock Edicts of King Asoka.