5थि जौथायनि चीनी दावबायारि फैजियना बुंदोंदि अशकआ साजाहोनाय आदबफोरखौ नायबिजिरसंनो थाखाय हार्सिङै अंडरवर्ल्ड फारसे दावबायदोंमोन आरो गावनि आदबफोरखौ दिहुनदोंमोन।
The 5th-century Chinese traveller Faxian states that Ashoka personally visited the underworld to study torture methods there and then invented his methods.