Ashokan missionary expansion of buddhism
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David A. Scott
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Article
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1985
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The reign of the third Mauryan emperor Ashoka (272-323 BC) transformed Buddhism. Although it had been expanding slowly since its foundation in the sixth century, Buddhism was still rooted in the Puratthima (Eastern Tract) of the middle-lower Ganges from which it had arisen. By the end of Ahoka's rei