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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Asoka
Britannica 11thASOKA, a famous Buddhist emperor of India who reigned from 264 to 228 or 227 B.C. Thirty-five of his inscriptions on rocks or pillars or in caves still exist (see INSCRIPTIONS: Indian}, and they are among the most remarkable and interesting of Buddhist monumen ...
Vol. 2, pp. 764-764
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Asa
Britannica 11thASA, in the Bible, son (or, perhaps, rather brother) of Abijah. the son of Rehoboam and king of Judah (i Kings xv. 9-24). Of his long reign, during which he was a contemporary of Baasha, Zimri and Omri of Israel, little is recorded with the exception of some r
Vol. 2, pp. 713-714
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