Ashoka the Great — "Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: I have had this Dhamma edict …"

Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: I have had this Dhamma edict written for the following purpose: that it may endure for a long time, and that my sons and grandsons and great-grandsons may follow it and live according to it.
Ashoka the Great — Ashoka the Great Ancient · Indian emperor, spread Buddhism

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Pillar Edict VII (reiteration with opening)

Date: c. 243 BCE

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