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The Rock Edicts of Emperor Ashoka
[http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/ashoka.html]
This site at Colorado State University presents English translations for the 14 edicts that the Ashoka had inscribed on rock pillars throughout India.

A Timeline of Buddhist History
[http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/history/b_chron.htm]
BuddhaNet features an artful presentation of the chronological history of Buddhism.

King Asoka and Buddhism
[http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/king_asoka.pdf]
A downloadable PDF (1581 kb) provided by the Buddha Dharma Education Association that provides a thorough look at the historical legacy of this often overlooked Indian emperor. Read the section on the edicts Ashoka had engraved on stone pillars for a more thorough understanding of the rulers change in philosophy.

The Noble Eightfold Path
[http://www.thebigview.com/buddhism/eightfoldpath.html]
Site presents the eight ways to end the suffering of human experience, as it was laid out by Siddhartha Gautama.

The Wealth of Nations
[http://www.bibliomania.com/2/1/65/112/frameset.html]
The complete text of Adam Smith's seminal seminal work, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, which covered concepts such as the role of self-interest, the division of labor, the function of markets, and the international implications of an unregulated, free enterprise economy.

"Violations by the People's Republic of China Against the People of Tibet"
[http://www.tibet.com/Humanrights/torture/cover.html]
An April 2000 report conducted and published by the United Nations Committee Against Torture that concluded that China continues to engage in widespread and systematic violations of the Torture Convention in Tibet.

"Fear and Craving in Disney World"
[http://www.beliefnet.com/story/17/story_1754_1.html]
In this essay, Beliefnet columnist Dinty W. Moore takes the basic principles of Buddhism and compares them with the aggressive commercialism of the Disney machine.