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Welfare measures adopted by Ashoka were:
- The construction of rest houses
- It spread kindness, generosity, ahimsa and piety
- Hospitals and dispensaries
- Planting trees like banyan and mangroves
- Dug wells
- Medicinal plants unavailable were imported and planted
He planted nurseries for growing medicinal herbs for cure of men and animals.
He also maintained a large army to keep peace.
He planted fruit trees and dug wells at regular intevals for weary travellers and his subjects central in which the king is the head . He was assisted by a council of ministers (mantri parishad)
Provencial in which the royal princes would rule the 4 provinces of the mauryan empire are taxil in north,suvarnagiri in south,tosali in east,ujjain in west. he was assisted by mahamatyas and a council of ministers
in the district level the head would be a pradeshta. he would be assisted by yuktas and rajukas and some ministers.
In the village level, the village headman would collect taxes and look after the welfare of the people.
These are the welfare measures adopted by Ashoka.