[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924) › c21.20 # The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.20 The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.20 - **Language:** English ### [c21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.20) Asoka from this time forth made it the business of his life to employ his unlimited autocratic power over a vast empire in the teaching, propagation, and enforcement of the ethical system, which he called the Law of Piety or Duty (\*dhamma\* or \*dharma\*), and had learned chiefly from his Buddhist instructors. - [Previous: c21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.19) - [Next: c21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.21) - [Up: c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c21.20) · Pramāṇa