Note 61 — Chapter V · EUROPE AND ASIA
Reading edition
The question arises as to the influence of the older religion on Christianity. Much has been asserted on this subject and little or nothing proved. All we know positively is that Asoka sent out missionaries to Syria, Egypt, Cyrene, Macedonia and Epirus. As to the results of this missionary effort we are not informed. A translation of the different inscriptions will be found in Asoka by Vincent A. Smith (2nd ed., 1909).