The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.39
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c21.39
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c21.39
The retrospect, strange to say, takes no notice of the foreign missions. Nor does it mention the Council of Buddhist elders, which was held at the capital at some time in his reign mainly for the purpose of suppressing schism in the church. It seems likely that the Council may have been convoked after the publication of the Pillar Edicts, but I cannot explain the failure to commemorate the foreign missions which occupy a prominent place in the Rock Edicts.