A sourcebook of Indian civilization, Niharranjan Ray, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, Orient Blackswan, 2000, ISBN 978-81-250-1871-1, ... If read in combination with another similar Asokan edict at Laghman, the above quote speaks of a royal road (karapathi, ie rajapatha) and officers entrusted with its maintenance which was considered dispensing a meritorious work ...