According to which among the following historians Dhamma propagated by Ashoka in his edicts was state religion?

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Fleet. The various scholars had given different views regarding Ashoka’s Dhamma because the basics of Ashoka’s Dhamma have no match with the thoughts of any specific religion whether it is Buddha, Jain, Hindu or any other religion. Basically the theme of Ashoka’s dhamma was based on sanctity of social behavior and the welfare of all human beings and the animals too. It was ‘Fleet’ who recognized it as ‘state religion’.

According to which among the following historians Dhamma propagated by Ashoka in his edicts was state religion?

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