Ashoka despatched siblings Mahinda and Sanghamitta to plant the seed of Buddhism The conviction extended to such an extent that his children by Devi, took to robes along with several close family ...
Dhamma/dharma is a widely pervasive idea in Indian thought, but its meaning is not identical in all contexts. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions are discourses on dhamma (the Prakrit form of dharma).