Q. What is the most significant difference in the message of the pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts?
(a) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure
(b) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts
(c) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Ashoka’s attachment to
Buddhism
(d) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order
Ans: (b) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts
