page_title: Major Rock Edicts
section_title: Major Rock Edict 13
hierarchical_section_title: Major Rock Edicts / Content of the Edicts / Major Rock Edict 13
caption_attribution_description: English: Ashoka Edict 13 at Khalsi
context_page_description: The Major Rock Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 14 separate major Edicts of Ashoka which are significantly detailed and represent some of the earliest dated rock inscriptions of any Indian monarch. For a full English translation of the Edicts. These edicts are preceded chronologically by the Minor Rock Edicts.
context_section_description: Content: Asoka’s victory in the Kalinga war followed by remorse. Victory of morality in India and among the Greeks (Yonas), as far as where the Greek kings Antiochus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander rule.
  The kings mentioned in Edict 13 as following the Dharma have been identified with the major Hellenistic rulers of the period:
caption: Major Rock Edict 13 at Khalsi, with highlighted names of the Greek kings Antiochus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander.
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