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Write brief essay on Contents of Asoka’s dhamma and reasons for Asoka’s keenness to propagate dhamma.

  • UPSC 1991
  • Mauryan Empire

Dhamma, the Prakrit form of Sanskrit Dharma, was Ashoka's own formulation of an ethic of social conduct. It was not a sectarian creed, not synonymous with Buddhism, and not arbitrary royal legislation.

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  • Contents of Dhamma for the People
  • Contents of Dhamma for the King
  • Reasons for Ashoka's Keenness to Propagate Dhamma

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