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Why it matters
After a bloody war, the emperor Ashoka carved edicts into rock across his Indian empire, urging tolerance and non-violence — moral messages set in stone.
Türkçe
Aşoka'nın fermanları, Maurya İmparatorluğu boyunca ahlaki ve siyasi mesajlar yaydı.
Kanlı bir savaşın ardından imparator Ashoka, Hindistan'daki imparatorluğu boyunca kayalara fermanlar kazıttı; hoşgörü ve şiddetsizliğe çağırdı — taşa işlenmiş ahlaki mesajlar.
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