When the King, of Gracious Mien and Beloved of the Gods, had been consecrated eight years Kalinga was conquered. 150.000 people were thence taken captive, 100.000 were killed, and many more died. Just after the taking of Kalinga the Beloved of the Gods began to follow the Righteousness (dharma), to love Righteousness, to give instructions in Righteousness. When an unconquered country is conquered, people are killed, they die, or are made captive. That the Beloved of the Gods finds very pitiful and grievous...Today, if a hundred or a thousandth part of those who suffered in Kalinga wewre to be killed, to die, or to be taken captive, it would be very greivous for the Beloved of the Gods. If anyone does him wrong it will be forgiven as far as it can be forgiven. The Beloved of the Gods even reasons with the forest tribes in his empire, and seeks to reform them. But the Beloved of the Gods is not only compassionate, he is also powerful, and he tells them to repent, lest they be slain. For the Beloved of the Gods desires safety, self-control, justice and happiness for all beings. The Beloved of the Gods considers that the greatest of all victories is the victory of Righteousness, and that victory the Beloved of the Gods has already won, here and on all his borders, even 600 leagues away in the realm of the Greek king Antiyoka, and beyond Antiyoka among the four kings Turamaya, Antikini, Maga and Alikasudara, and in the South among the Colas and Pandyas ans as far as Ceylon.