सिगांनि माखासे लिरगिरिफोरा फोथायोमोनदि अशकआ दावहानि थाखाय जानाय दुखु-खस्तखौ नुनानै भावथिनायारियै बौद्ध धोरोमाव आजावदोंमोन मानोना बिथांनि मेजर रक एडिक्ट 13 आव बुंदोंदि कलिंगखौ आवग्रिखांनायनि उनाव बिथाङा धम्मनि खाथियाव फैदोंमोन।
Some earlier writers believed that Ashoka dramatically converted to Buddhism after seeing the suffering caused by the war since his Major Rock Edict 13 states that he became closer to the dhamma after the annexation of Kalinga.