Ashoka the Great:

I consider the welfare of all to be my duty, and the root of this is exertion and the prompt dispatch of business.

— Ashoka the Great Ancient

Indian emperor, spread Buddhism

Context

Rock Edict VI on administration

Date / Period

c. 260 BCE

Source

https://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html

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