The History of Buddhist Thought c20.4

c20.4

Among the references of religious interest is the statement in Rock-Edict XIII, that he has won the victory of *dhamma* (religion) “among all his borderers, even to the extent of six hundred yojanas, where (is) the Yona king Antiyoga [Antiochus II of Syria], and beyond this Antiyoga, (where are ruling) four kings Tulamaya [Ptolemy II of Egypt], Antekina [Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia], Makā [Magas of Cyrene], and Alikyashudala [Alexander of Epirus or of Corinth], and likewise to the south the Choḍa-pamḍiyā [Cholas and Pāṇḍyas] as far as Tambapaṃni [Tāmraparṇī] ; likewise here in the king’s dominion among the Yonas and Kambojas, among the Nābhakas and Nābhapaṃtis, among the Bhojas and Pitinikyas, the Andhras and Pāladas, everywhere (people) are following Devānampiya’s instruction in dhamma . . .”