Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c9.151

c9.151

It may be noted that Asoka in his Rock Edict II states that he made arrangements for the cultivation of plants as sources of wholesome drugs obtained from their roots (*mūlāni*), and fruits (*phalāni*), and that where these medicinal herbs (*aushadhāni*) were not available, they were to be imported (*hārāpitāni*) and planted (*ropāpitāni*) in the State Botanical Gardens. In this way, he was ministering to the relief of human suffering (*Manushyachikitsā*) and also to that of the animal kind (*Paśuchikitsā*) by instituting measures of medical treatment, general, and veterinary.