diff --git a/.automate/.improve-state.tsv b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv index bef912f..12d8c67 100644 --- a/.automate/.improve-state.tsv +++ b/.automate/.improve-state.tsv @@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ 06dbd9 1771799946 072273 1771800041 07edd5 1771800100 +0648e6 1771804173 diff --git a/.automate/continuous-improve.log b/.automate/continuous-improve.log index dcb80a6..16e2b28 100644 --- a/.automate/continuous-improve.log +++ b/.automate/continuous-improve.log @@ -1150,3 +1150,10 @@ To https://gitea.home.everyonce.com/daniel/factbase-ancient-history.git [?25h status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Applied 18 pre-answered review questions (no-op, already answered); enriched document with: First Peloponnesian War section (460–446 BCE), Congress Decree (449 BCE), Aspasia's dates and divorce of first wife (~445 BCE), Phidias as artistic director of Parthenon, Siege of Samos (440 BCE), Kresilas portrait bust (~425 BCE), Legacy section on Thucydides' assessment, Pericles' entry into politics (~470 BCE), and new footnote [^4] citing World History Encyclopedia +[main e257355] improve: Pericles + 2 files changed, 100 insertions(+) +[2026-02-22 23:49:33] ✅ Committed: improve: Pericles +[2026-02-22 23:49:33] Done (75s) — UPDATED +[2026-02-22 23:49:38] [2/66] Next up... +[2026-02-22 23:49:38] ━━━ [Ashoka] (06d51f) reviews=0 garbage=0 ━━━ +[2026-02-22 23:49:38] 👤 Incomplete name (ruler doc) → agent needed to resolve identity diff --git a/.automate/improve-history.log b/.automate/improve-history.log index 0efa2c4..9fa8d90 100644 --- a/.automate/improve-history.log +++ b/.automate/improve-history.log @@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ [2026-02-22T22:41:40+00:00] 07edd5 | Treaty of Kadesh status: UPDATED | Treaty of Kadesh | changes: Fixed duplicate H1 title; added "Physical Record" section covering original silver tablets (now lost), Hugo Winckler's 1906 discovery at Hattusa, and current location of Hittite tablets at the Ancient Orient Museum in Istanbul; added divine witnesses/curses clause to Terms; noted the informal nature of the treaty name (Kadesh not mentioned in text); added scholarly date variant (1258 BCE); noted post-treaty peace period enabling Ramesses II's building projects; added [^3] Wikipedia citation for new facts duration: 52s +[2026-02-22T23:49:33+00:00] 0648e6 | Pericles + status: UPDATED | Pericles | changes: Applied 18 pre-answered review questions (no-op, already answered); enriched document with: First Peloponnesian War section (460–446 BCE), Congress Decree (449 BCE), Aspasia's dates and divorce of first wife (~445 BCE), Phidias as artistic director of Parthenon, Siege of Samos (440 BCE), Kresilas portrait bust (~425 BCE), Legacy section on Thucydides' assessment, Pericles' entry into politics (~470 BCE), and new footnote [^4] citing World History Encyclopedia + duration: 75s diff --git a/.factbase/factbase.db-shm b/.factbase/factbase.db-shm index 310962f..acb2add 100644 Binary files a/.factbase/factbase.db-shm and b/.factbase/factbase.db-shm differ diff --git a/.factbase/factbase.db-wal b/.factbase/factbase.db-wal index 59665c7..acc817e 100644 Binary files a/.factbase/factbase.db-wal and b/.factbase/factbase.db-wal differ diff --git a/logs/mcp-puppeteer-2026-02-22.log b/logs/mcp-puppeteer-2026-02-22.log index ad3a6be..9e55956 100644 --- a/logs/mcp-puppeteer-2026-02-22.log +++ b/logs/mcp-puppeteer-2026-02-22.log @@ -71,3 +71,5 @@ {"level":"info","message":"Starting MCP server","service":"mcp-puppeteer","timestamp":"2026-02-22 23:48:20.915"} {"level":"info","message":"MCP server started successfully","service":"mcp-puppeteer","timestamp":"2026-02-22 23:48:20.918"} {"level":"info","message":"Puppeteer MCP Server closing","service":"mcp-puppeteer","timestamp":"2026-02-22 23:49:32.067"} +{"level":"info","message":"Starting MCP server","service":"mcp-puppeteer","timestamp":"2026-02-22 23:49:41.253"} +{"level":"info","message":"MCP server started successfully","service":"mcp-puppeteer","timestamp":"2026-02-22 23:49:41.255"} diff --git a/rulers/ashoka.md b/rulers/ashoka.md index 23e5b45..73ecd5b 100644 --- a/rulers/ashoka.md +++ b/rulers/ashoka.md @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Ashoka (~304–232 BCE), also known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Maurya em - Mother variously named Subhadrangi or Dharma in Buddhist sources [^3] - First wife: Devi (also Vidisha-mahadevi), daughter of a merchant at Ujjain - Children with Devi: son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitra, both of whom led Buddhist missions to Sri Lanka [^3] +- Second queen: Karuvaki (also Kaurwaki); their son Tivala (also Tivara) is the only child of Ashoka mentioned by name in his own inscriptions — in the Queen's Edict [^4] - As a young prince, suppressed a revolt at Taxila (~age 18), then served as viceroy at Ujjain [^3] - Governed using the *Arthashastra* (political treatise attributed to Chanakya, Chandragupta's prime minister) as his administrative framework [^3] @@ -27,11 +28,13 @@ Ashoka (~304–232 BCE), also known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Maurya em ## Ashoka's Edicts - 33 inscriptions total on pillars, boulders, and cave walls across the empire [^3] +- The edicts are the earliest written and datable texts from India [^4] - Written in Prakrit, Greek, and Aramaic; the Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (~260 BCE) is carved in both Greek and Aramaic at Chehel Zina, Afghanistan @t[~260 BCE] [^2] - Promoted *dhamma* (dharma): Non-violence, religious tolerance, welfare of subjects - Established hospitals for humans and animals - Sent Buddhist missionaries to Sri Lanka, Central Asia, and the Hellenistic world [^2] - Ordered construction of stupas across the empire, including the famous stupa at Sanchi [^3] +- Undertook a pilgrimage to Buddhist sacred sites including Lumbini (birthplace of the Buddha), where he erected a pillar inscription (~249 BCE) exempting the village from taxes @t[~249 BCE] [^4] ## Empire Extent - At its height stretched from modern-day Iran and Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east [^3] @@ -41,8 +44,10 @@ Ashoka (~304–232 BCE), also known as Ashoka the Great, was the third Maurya em - The Ashoka Chakra appears on India's national flag - Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath is India's national emblem - Rediscovered by James Prinsep (1799–1840 CE) who deciphered Brahmi script in 1837 +- After Ashoka's death, the empire fragmented under a succession of weaker rulers; the last Maurya emperor, Brihadratha, was assassinated by his general Pushyamitra Shunga in 185 BCE, ending the dynasty [^4] --- [^1]: Thapar, R. *Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas* (Oxford, 1961) [^2]: Singh, U. *A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India* (2008) -[^3]: Mark, J. J. "Ashoka the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jun 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashoka_the_Great/ \ No newline at end of file +[^3]: Mark, J. J. "Ashoka the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, 24 Jun 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Ashoka_the_Great/ +[^4]: "Ashoka." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka; "Tivala." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivala; "Edicts of Ashoka." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edicts_of_Ashoka \ No newline at end of file