Ashoka the Great:

Wherever there are stone pillars or stone slabs, there this Dharma edict is to be engraved so that it may long endure.

— Ashoka the Great Ancient

Indian emperor, spread Buddhism

Context

Instruction for edict placement

Date / Period

c. 260 BCE

Source

https://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html

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