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Ashoka

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A Translation of the Edicts of Asoka

Description of his life and a translation of Ashoka's rock edicts.

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/asoka1.html
Ashoka

A short biography.

http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/ashoka/
Ashoka (or Asoka)'s life

Extracts from the Rock and Pillar Edicts of the Indian king Ashoka (290-232 BC).

http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/asoka3.html
Ashoka, King of Behar: The Rock Edicts, c. 257 BCE

Excerpts from some of the Rock Edicts Ashoka used to spread Buddhism.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/ashoka-edicts.html
The Edicts of King Ashoka

Historical overview of what is known about Ashoka and a translation of his edicts.

http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html
The Edicts of King Asoka

A translation by the Buddhist Publication Society of all of the known Rock Edicts of King Asoka.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/wheels/wheel386.html
The Life of Ashoka Mauryan

An account of his life, his rise to power, and his conversion and acts. Includes a few relevant pictures.

http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring98/Ashoka.htm
The Unknown Ashoka

A biography by Pradip Bhattacharya detailing Ashoka's conversion to Buddhism.

http://www.boloji.com/history/001.htm

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