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Question
What is the importance of Ashoka’s inscriptions (Stone Edicts)?
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Solution
The Ashoka’s inscriptions (Stone Edicts) leave the message of love with mankind and all living creatures. It exhorted people to live with peace. Might is not the ultimate solution to any problem, as it ends in destruction and ruthless killings.
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