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What do you know from the Rock Edicts II and XIII of Ashoka?
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- The horror of the Kalinga war was described by the king himself in the Rock Edict XIII.
- The Rock Edicts II and XIII of Ashoka refer to the names of the three dynasties namely Pandyas, Cholas, the Keralaputras, and the Sathyaputras.
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