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Aso`ka
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A king of Behar, in India; after his accession in 264 B.C. became an ardent disciple of Buddha; organised Buddhism, as Constantine did Christianity, into a State religion; convened the third great council of the Church of that creed at Patna; made a proclamation of this faith as far as his influence extended, evidence of which is still extant in pillars and rocks inscribed with his edicts in wide districts of Northern India; d . 223 B.C.
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Aso`ka'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/asoka.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Aso`ka'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/asoka.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
