Emperor Aśhoka, in around 250 BCE, used the term ‘Jambudvīpa’ in his inscriptions to describe the entire Indian Subcontinent, which at the time included regions like present-day Bangladesh, Pakistan, and parts of Afghanistan.
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How does the Indian emperor Aśhoka contribute to the use of the term Jambudvīpa?
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Emperor Aśhoka contributed to the use of the term Jambudvīpa by referring to the Indian Subcontinent as such in his rock edicts. This term, which means “island of the Jambu tree,” symbolically represented the land’s significance and connected it to Buddhist cosmology.
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