"The king, far from being indifferent, is concerned with the affairs of all religious groups."

"The increase of spiritual strength is possible in many ways. But the root of it is to guard one's speech, that is, not to praise one's own sect or disparage another's on unsuitable occasions, or at le…"

"I have had this inscription of Dharma engraved in order that my sons and great-grandsons may not consider making new conquests, or that if military conquests are made, that they be done with forbearan…"

"Wherever there are stone pillars or stone slabs, there this Dharma edict is to be engraved so that it may long endure."

"Thus speaks King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods: Everywhere in the dominions of King Priyadarsin, Beloved of the Gods, and likewise in the borderlands such as Chola, Pandya, Satiyaputra, Keralaputra…"