Saw this topic in a book by Will and Aerial Durant this morning.
Those two persons are featured in film clips in Warren Beatty's film "Reds," which won MANY academy awards in the early 1980s.

Rock Edicts site: http://askjeeves.com/main/metaAnswer.asp?t=m&s=a&en=directhit&o=0&frames=True&url=http%3A%2F%2Fask%2Edirecthit%2Ecom%2Ffcgi%2Dbin%2FRedirURL%2Efcg%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efordham%2Eedu%2Fhalsall%2Findia%2Fashoka%2Dedicts%2Ehtml%26qry%3DRock%2BEdicts%2BAshoka%26rnk%3D1%26cz%3D09324555ff2f58ec%26src%3DDH%5FASK%5FSRCH%26uid%3D090FDAEC070A488C3%26sid%3D1169459F126ABB8C3%26u%3D&ac=62&pt=Indian+History+Sourcebook%3A+Ashoka%2C+King+of+Behar%3A+The+Rock+Edicts%2C+c%2E+257+BCE&dm=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efordham%2Eedu%2Fhalsall%2Findia%2Fashoka%2Dedicts%2Ehtml&io=0&qid=A02D25CE8D581A48B6DE2592E02E96AB&back=ask%3DRock%2BEdicts%2BAshoka%26o%3D0&ask=Rock+Edicts+Ashoka&dt=020310120352
(There is also an Edict of Tolerance for which I will search next).