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HIS HISTORY
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| B.C | Regnal year of Asoka. |
Event. | Remarks. |
| 273 | — | Accesion of Asoka—vardhana Maurya. | |
| 272 | — | Accession of Alexander, king of Epirus. | |
| 269 | 1 | Consecration (abhisheka = coronation) of Asoka. | |
| 261 | 9 | Conquest of Kalinga. by Asoka, who became a Buddhist lay disciple (upâsaka); accession of Antiochos Theos, king of Syria. | Rock E.XIII; Minor Rock E. I. |
| 259 | 11 | Asoka entered the Buddhist Order as a monk, abolished Royal Hunt, established 'pious tours,' and dispatched missionaries. | Rock E. II, VIII, XIII; Minor Rock E. I; Pillar E. VII. |
| 258 | 12 | Death of Magas, king of Cyrene, half - brother of Ptolemy Philadelphos; (2) death of Alexander, king of Epirus. | |
| 257 | 13 | Asoka composed Minor Rock Edict I and Rock Edicts III and IV, dedicated Barâbar Caves 1 and 2 to the Âjîvikas, and instituted quinquennial transfers of officials. | Minor Rock E. I; Rock E. III, IV; Minor Rock E. II maybe a little later. Barâbar Cave dedications. |
| 256 | 14 | Completion of Fourteen Rock Edicts; Kalinga. Borderers' Edict; a ointment of Censors; (?) Bhâbrû Edict. | Rock E. V, XIV; Borderers' E.; Bhâbrû E. |
| 255 | 15 | (?) Kalinga Provincials' Edict; enlargement for second time of stûpa of Konâkamana Buddha near Kapilavastu. | Provincials' E.; Nigliva Pillar inscription. |
| 250 | 20 | Dedication of Barâbar Cave No. 3 to the Âjîvikas. | Barâbar Cave dedication. |
| 249 | 21 | Pilgrimage to Buddhist holy places. | Rummiudeî and Niglîva Pillar inscriptions. |
