Read the excerpt from the Edicts of Ashoka.
What is the main idea of the edict?
They (my officers) work among soldiers, chiefs,
householders, the poor, the aged-for their welfare and
Women, the elderly, and prisoners should be given
happiness-so that they may be free from harassment.
special treatment.
The officers work for the
proper treatment of prisoners,
Ashoka's officers have the power to make decisions
towards their unfettering, and if the officers think, "This
on their own.
one has a family to support, " "That one has been
Ashoka's officers are watching what people are
bewitched," "This one is old," then they work for the
doing all the time.
release of such prisoners. They work here, in outlying
© Ashoka's officers would treat all citizens with
towns, in the women's quarters belonging to my
brothers and sisters, and among my other relatives.
respect regardless of status.
They are occupied everywhere.