[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882) › c8.s3.73 # The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.73 The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s3.73 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.73) In the middle of the third century before Christ, Aśoka, the great king of the Maurya dynasty reigning at Pâṭaliputra in Magadha, speaks in the fifth Edict of his rock-inscriptions, which are found at Girnâr in Kâthiâvâḍ on the west, Dhauli in Katak and Jaugaḍ in Ganjam on the eastern coast, at Khalsi in the Himâlaya, Shahbaz-garhi in Afghânistan, and Mansehra on the northern frontier of the Panjab, of his having sent ministers of religion - [Previous: c8.s3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.72) - [Next: c8.s3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.74) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.fleet-1882.c8.s3.73) · Pramāṇa