HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
Question
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No War Policies
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Kindness Laws
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The Rock Edicts
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Principles of Ashoka’s Dhamma i) Respect to elders and love to children. ii) Ahimsa or non-violence. iii) Good deeds would give happiness to man in the next birth. iv) He taught people to respect all religions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Edicts were the rules and orders given by Ashoka to the countrymen. Inscriptions are the written part about the life and events of Ashoka’s reign on stones, rocks, caves, etc. Through these, the Buddhist teachings were spread throughout his empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts, which are significantly detailed and extensive. These Edicts were concerned with practical instructions in running the kingdom such as the design of irrigation systems and descriptions of Ashoka’s beliefs in peaceful moral behavior.