Dear Colleague,
The king states that he has arranged. That is sufficient. Otherwise you may go on doubting. That is free. One may doubt even if it was the deed of Asoka and not of a different king named Priyadarsi
Best
DB


--- On Sun, 14/8/11, Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl> wrote:

From: Artur Karp <karp@uw.edu.pl>
Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Asoka and medicinal service
To: "Dipak Bhattacharya" <dbhattacharya200498@yahoo.com>
Cc: INDOLOGY@liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Sunday, 14 August, 2011, 8:11 AM



2011/8/14 Dipak Bhattacharya <dbhattacharya200498@yahoo.com>
It is certain that medical service was available from state to humans and animals. 

Dear Dipak, 

In what way is it certain? What is meant by "from state"? What do you mean by "animals"?

Yes, Arthaśastra and Aśoka's Edicts, as evidence. But - do we have tools with which to find out exactly what in these texts belongs to the sphere of postulates and what represents the sphere of practices?

Any iconographic evidence?

Best, 

Artur Karp