Economy, Trade & Statecraft
Ashoka's welfare edicts
c. 3rd c. BCEEmperor AshokaRock Edict IIPan-Indian / unspecified
300 BCE
Records provision of medical care for people and animals, wells and shade trees along roads.
- Dated
- 300–200 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 3rd c. BCE
- Originator
- Emperor Ashoka
- Source text
- Rock Edict II
- Region
- Pan-Indian / unspecified
- Discipline
- Economy, Trade & Statecraft
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Fair to say
Edicts state policy; how fully it was carried out is unknown.
Path to modern innovation
An early statement of public welfare.
References
- 1Ashokan edicts
Further reading
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