[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c64.475 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.475 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.475 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.475) Aśoka, administrative system of 141; claimed to be a dharmavijayin emperor 69; constructed hospitals for men and animals 60; edicts of 383, 390, 406, 889; extent of the empire of 69; is said to have died destitute of power 102; irrigation works of 63; promulgated three days' respite for prisoners condemned to death 406; sent his son Kuṇāla to Takṣaśilā to pacify popular disturbances 116; subjects of the edicts of 100; was tolerant to all sects 881; very cruel in his youth acc. to Yuan Chwang 406; was sent to Takṣaśilā to pacify citizens 116. - [Previous: v4.c64.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.474) - [Next: v4.c64.476](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.476) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.475) · Pramāṇa