Historians believe that the edict must have been written by Ashoka himself?
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The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the pillars, as well as ... In these inscriptions, Ashoka refers to himself as "Beloved of the Gods" ... These edicts were deciphered by British archaeologist and historian James ... This rescript on morality has been caused to be written by Devanampriya ...
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Historians believe that the edict must have been written by Ashoka himself. ... When James Prinsep deciphered the inscriptions on the rocks in 1837, it became clear that these edicts could not have been written by anybody else but King Ashoka. His views on religion and war came through quite clearly in the edicts.
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