Question

ON what basis do historian claim the ashoka empire extend from patliputra to Kandhar ( west) and Mansehra ( north) to Brahmagiri (south)

Answer 1

The historians claim the Ashoka Empire extended from Patliputra to Kandhar (west) and Mansehra (north) to Brahmagiri (south) based on The Edicts of Ashoka.

The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of at least thirty inscriptions on the pillars, boulders, and cave walls. Ashoka used the expression Dhamma Lipi ("Inscriptions of the Dharma") to describe his Edicts.

These inscriptions were dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and provide the first tangible evidence of Buddhism.