Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c15.s1.t2.3
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c15.s1.t2.3
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c15.s1.t2.3
True to his principle Aśoka made no attempt to annex the frontier (*Prachaṁta*, *aṁta*, *sāmanta*, *sāmīpa*), kingdoms, *viz.*, Chola, Pāṇḍya, Satiyaputra, Keralaputra Tambapaṁni (Ceylon) and the realm of Aṁtiyako Yonarāja, who is usually identified with Antiochos II Theos, King of Syria and Western Asia. On the contrary, he maintained friendly relations with them.