Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.49
Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.49
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c44.49
"'Devānāṁpriya [His Fortunate Majesty] King Priyadarśin [another name of Aśoka] thus says: ['thus says'—a style in royal documents to denote '*Proclamations*' Artha-Śāstra, p. 71]:—
" 'In the year twenty-six (elapsed) of my coronation this document of law was caused by me to be recorded [or 'dictated by me']: