The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (collected till 1923) and Outlines of Political History c8.11

c8.11

In the Siddhāpura Edicts the king states that more than two and a half years had elapsed since he became a lay-hearer of the Buddhist preachers, and more than six years since he entered the community of ascetics. He commands all men to obey their parents, to respect all living creatures, to be truthful, to follow the teachings of Buddha, to honour their teachers, and to give every man his due.