The Mauryan Polity c11.s1.t3.19

c11.s1.t3.19

7. This position is confirmed by the Edict itself. "Even (the inhabitants of) the forests which are included in the dominions of Devānāṃpriya, even those he pacifies and converts (instructs?). And they are told of the power to (punish them) which Devānāṃpriya (possesses) in spite of (his) repentance, in order that they may be ashamed (of their crimes) and may not be killed."³