Founded in 1980, Ashoka has steadily built a reputation for fostering citizen-led innovation focused on social change. The organization helped originate the concept of social entrepreneurship, working ...

This fragment comes from one of the pillars erected throughout India by the Emperor Ashoka around 240 BC. The type of writing used for the inscription is known as 'Brahmi' and forms the basis for all ...

Dhamma/dharma is a widely pervasive idea in Indian thought, but its meaning is not identical in all contexts. Most of Ashoka’s inscriptions are discourses on dhamma (the Prakrit form of dharma).