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In Search of Ashoka’s Edict
.. by Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir
Ashoka’s rock edict
The Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Dynasty is one of the most intriguing figures in South Asian history. The celebrated story of a great warrior who ruled almost all of the South Asian Subcontinent but then had a spiritual awakening following his bloody conquest of Kalinga is a heartening one.
After his conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka decided to spread his ideology of pacifism across his realm. The stone and pillar edicts of Ashoka served this purpose and were mostly located at the edges of his empire and have been found in places as diverse as Nepal, Karnataka and Afghanistan. Three of these edicts are located in Pakistan. One of them was a pillar edict which has subsequently been lost to history, although fragments
The romance of geography with real Pakistan
No country is without issues, and that is the way things always are
The writer is a retired major general and has an interest in International Relations and Political Sociology. He can be reached at [email protected] and tweets @20 Inam
It was a long line for the metro ticket in Vienna. When my turn came, the man at the window asked me where I was from. When I said Pakistan, he was eager, telling me how he had been harbouring a dream to visit our Northern Areas (NAs). My encouragement lifted his spirits, although he seemed undaunted by the media-generated negative perception of Pakistan.