"This Dhamma edict was written by me after I had been consecrated twenty-six years. I have caused this Dhamma edict to be inscribed for the following purpose: that it may endure for a long time, and th…"

"For a long time past, it has not happened that Mahamatras named Dhamma-Mahamatras were appointed. I have appointed Dhamma-Mahamatras when I had been consecrated thirteen years. They are employed among…"

"The conquest by Dhamma is considered by me the best conquest. And this has been won by me both here and on the borders, even as far as six hundred yojanas, where the Yavana king named Antiochus rules,…"

"Everywhere in the dominions of King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods, and likewise in the borderlands such as Chola, Pandya, Satiyaputra, Keralaputra, as far as Tamraparni, and even in the kingdom of …"

"And for the following purpose am I having this inscription written: in order that my sons and grandsons may not consider making new conquests; or, if they do conquer, that they may take pleasure in me…"