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 welfare and happiness of all people.
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