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Write a note on India’s relations with Afghanistan during Emperor Ashoka’s period.

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Emperor Ashoka’s period 13th edict is the names of Greek kings, who were his contemporaries.
People in their kingdoms were following the path of morality as outlined in his message of Dhammavijaya. Among these kingdoms was the kingdom of Kamboja in Afghanistan.
The Ashokan edict at Kandahar is in Greek language and the script used for it is Aramaic.
This inscription shows that Afghanistan was an integral part of Ashoka’s empire.
Ashoka had sent ‘Thera Mahyantika’ (Majjhantika) to Kashmir and Afghanistan and ‘Thera Maharakkhita’ to the Greek (Yona) kingdoms, for spreading the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

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