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མྱ་ངན་མེད། | Glossary of Terms
མྱ་ངན་མེད།
mya ngan med
Aśoka
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Mauryan emperor (304–232 ʙᴄᴇ).
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The historical Indian king of the Maurya dynasty who ruled over most of India c. 268–232 ʙᴄᴇ. His name means “without sorrow.”
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The historical Indian king of the Maurya dynasty who ruled over most of India c. 268–232 ʙᴄᴇ. In this text he appears to be briefly referenced as the biological father of the prince Suckler of the Earth Breast, adopted as the Chinese prince who, according to this text, is said to have been the first person to settle in Khotan.
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An emperor of the Maurya dynasty who ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 ʙᴄᴇ.