Ashoka · Politics
What Ashoka meant by <em>dhamma</em> - not a sect imposed but a practical, shared morality of non-violence, truthfulness, generosity, respect for parents and elders, and toleration - and why he turned the surfaces of his empire into a vast, public school of ethics.
You learned that Ashoka’s dhamma was a public, non-sectarian ethic (non-violence, truthfulness, liberality, obedience to parents, kindness to servants and animals) rather than an imposed religion, and that the edicts were designed as moral instruction for everyone. Explain what dhamma contained and how Ashoka me…
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