The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.82
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.82
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The vigorous and effective action taken by Asoka to propagate his creed and system of morals is conclusive proof of his absolute honesty of purpose, and justifies the modern reader in giving full credence to the devout professions made by him in the edicts. ‘Work I must,’ he observed, ‘for the public benefit’; and work he did. The world still enjoys the fruit of his labours; and his words, long lost, but now restored to utterance, ring with the sound of sincerity and truth.