Quotes:Dharmasoka
H. P. Blavatsky
Dharmasoka. The name given to the first Asoka after his conversion to Buddhism, — King Chandragupta, who served all his long life “Dharma”, or the law of Buddha. King Asoka (the second) was not converted, but was born a Buddhist.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Dharmasoka