State and Government in Ancient India c14.s2.12
State and Government in Ancient India c14.s2.12
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c14.s2.12
Aśoka's edicts also contain not merely moral exhortations but create new offences like the killing of animals on forbidden day's. They sanction a respite of three days to persons condemned to death and exhort the emperor's successors not to follow a policy of aggression.