8 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
South Asia (5)
Separate Edict I to the city judges (mahamatras) of Tosali: all people are my children, and judge justly — a directive (Edicts of Ashoka Dhauli separate RE I A–F)
To the prince (viceroy) and mahamatras of Tosali: unconquered frontier peoples may ask "what does the king want of us?", and I wish them not to fear me but to trust me — a directive (Edicts of Ashoka Dhauli separate RE II A–G)
To the mahamatras of Kosambi: monks and nuns who split the Sangha are to be made to wear white robes and live in a non-residence (Kosambi Edict) (Edicts of Ashoka Kausambi edict Allahabad-Kosam E)
Sanchi pillar: the Sangha must remain united as long as sons and great-grandsons rule and as long as sun and moon endure; those who split it are to be driven out in white robes (Edicts of Ashoka Sanchi PE C–E)
Sarnath pillar: no one may split the Sangha; monks and nuns who split it are to be made to wear white robes and live in a non-residence. Hultzsch regards it as an edict sent to the mahamatras of Pataliputra (Edicts of Ashoka Sarnath PE C–D)