"I am not satisfied simply with hard work or carrying out the affairs of state, for I consider my work to be the welfare of the whole world...There is no better deed than to work for the welfare of the whole world, and all my efforts are made that I may clear my debt to all beings. I make them happy here and now that they may attain heaven in the life to come...But it is difficult without great effort." -Edicts of King Ashoka 268 BCE-232 BCE Question: What evidence might a historian use to suggest a relationship between Buddhism and the Greek city-states?