INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Bhabha edict, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka refers to himself as Piyadassi Raja Magadha (Piyadassi, King of Magadha).

Detailed explanation-2: -Priyadasi, also Piyadasi or Priyadarshi (Brahmi: piyadasi, Kharosthi: Prydrš), was the name of a ruler in ancient India, or simply an honorific epithet which means “He who regards others with kindness", “Humane", “He would glances amiably".

Detailed explanation-3: -Maski and Gujara Pillars in Madhya Pradesh has inscriptions that refer to Ashoka as Devanampriya or Piyadasi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest undisputed deciphered epigraphy found in the Indian subcontinent are the Edicts of Ashoka of the 3rd century BCE, in the Brahmi script.