Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "अशोक के अभिलेख" in Hindi language version.
Significantly enough, the realm was designated as a conquered area (vijita) and a royal domain (rajavishaya) in Asoka's records, which also carried two other labels. These are Jambudvipa (usually coterminous with the subcontinent in the later Puranic texts) and Pathavi/Prithvi (literally "the Earth") both terms actually stood for the Maurya Empire.
... a passage preserved to us by Cyril of Alexandria, this author shows a knowledge of Buddhism in Bactria, calling the religious men there by the well-known name of Samanos. In a passage of Clement of Alexandria ...
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