c. 273 BC–c. 232 BC
Ashoka’s patronage
Religion · Buddhist traditions · State and networks
Ashoka’s edicts and monuments make imperial patronage of dharma and Buddhist sites visible; they do not mean uniform conversion of the empire.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · approximate
- End
- year · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ~ 273–232 a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- 1. Metropolitan Museum — South Asia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D. (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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- 2. Met — recurso sobre South y Southeast Asia (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2001
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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- 3. Met — arte de Gandhāra (PDF) (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Pending verification
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.