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people may act in accordance with them. If some after my coronation various animals were
things written are incomplete, this is because of declared to be protected like parrots, mynas,
the locality or in consideration of the object or aruna, ruddy geese, wild ducks, nandimukhas,
due to the fault of the scribe. gelatas, bats, queen ants, terrapins, boneless fish,
vedareyaka, gangapuputaka, sankiya fist, tor-
toises, porcupines, squirrels, deer, bulls,
1. How do our leaders speak to us today? okapinda, wild asses, wild pigeons, domestic

2. Is it important for a ruler or a leader to talk to pigeons and all four-footed creatures that are
the people? neither useful nor edible. Those nanny goats,
ewes and sows which are with young ones and
ASHOK’S DHAMMA
capable of giving milk to their young ones are
Dhamma is the Prakrit form of Dharma. Ashoka's protected and so are young ones less than 6
dhamma was a code to live virtuous life. He months old. All living beings are not to be burnt
believed in high ideals and he wanted people to and forests are not to be burnt either without
be peaceful and tolerant. His dhamma expected reason or to kill creatures. One animal is not to
people to be obedient to elders, kind to servants, be fed to another.
show love to animals and
respect to friends, relatives and Laghman
Extent of Ashoka’s Empire
the family. He wanted all the Indus
Provincial Capital
Shahbazgarhi
different groups-the brahmanas Rock Edict
and the Buddhist and Jain Takshashila Pillar Edict
Jhelum
monks to live in harmony. As Chenab
Ravi
part of dhamma, he planted Kalsi Rakas Lake
Satluj Tsangpo
trees along the roads for shade, Topra
dug wells, built rest houses and Indus Indraprastha Ganga Nigliva Rummindel Brahmaputra
Rampurva
Lauriya Nandangarh
constructed hospitals for Mithilapuri
Yamuna
Bairat Lumbini
humans and animals. He Chambal Kausambi Sarnath Lauriya
Araraj
wanted people to live and let Allahabad Pataliputra Tropic of Cancer
Rupnath Son Sahasram Baradav
live and not to fight over land
Ujjayini I Sanchi D I A
N
and religion. SAURASHTRA Narmada Mahanadi Tamralipti
Girnar
Tapi
In the past, there were no Tosali (Dhauli)
dhammamaha matras but such Sopara Godavari Jaugada
B A Y
officers were appointed by me O F
ARABIAN Yeragudi KALINGA
13 years after my coronation. SEA Maski B E N G A L
Gavimath
Now, they work among all Nittur Erragudi
religions for the establishment Brahmagiri
of dhamma, for the promotion
of dhamma, for the welfare and SATYAPUTRAS
CHOLAS
happiness of all those who are KERALAPUTRAS Kaveri Present International
Boundary of India
devoted dhamma. PANDYAS
Beloved-of-the-Gods, King
I N D I A N TAMRAPARNI O C E A N
Piyadasi, speaks thus—26 years (CEYLON)

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