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Vol. V · Deified Humans
Ashoka the Great
Mauryan emperor transformed from bloodstained conqueror to righteous dharmaraja sacred Buddhist king
his lion pillar edicts spreading dharma across the ancient world
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This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how this culture has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.