INDIANSEdicts of Ashoka (250 BCE) An irrefutable evidence of the greek ethnicity of ancient Macedonians comes from the famous "Edicts of Ashoka" (c. 250 BCE) where the Buddhist emperor Ashoka refers to the Greek populations under his rule. The Rock Edicts V and XIII mention the Yonas (or the Greeks) along with the Kambojas and Gandharas as ...