Question

how did the Maury king personally keep a check on his people? ​

Answer 1

People performed a variety of rituals when they fell ill, children got married, children were bom or when they started journey. Ashoka thought that rituals were not useful. People should observe other practices, these

Being gentle with slaves and servants.

Respecting one’s elders.

Treating all creatures with compassion.

Giving gifts to brahmins and monks.

It is both wrong to praise one’s own religion or criticize another’s.

Each one should respect the other’s religion. If one praises one’s own religion while criticizing another’s, one is actually doing greater harm to one’s own religion. Therefore, one should try to understand the main ideas of another’s religion and respect it.