The only one I know of is Asoka, I am researching this right now for a project. Hope this helps!
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Hammurabi
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Hammurabi
The Babylonian laws were dug up in a stone carved with the code of Hammurabi. It contains 282 laws that were just for the time being.
To contain the laws carved onto stone tablets by the hand of God which Moses had carried down the mountain.
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That is the correct spelling of the plural noun statues(carved or cast figures).The similar word statutes means laws.
In the things I have read, he wanted to create laws equals to everybody including the slaves and carve them into stone so everyone would remember then.
He made the first collection of laws, called code. They were carved in a stone slab and regulated all aspect of life. They were rather strict, following an eye for an eye principle.
The Hammurabi code has a prologue 282 laws and the conclusion. It was carved into a black diorite stone. The code was the first codified work on laws in history. As of now, the code by Hammurabi is obsolete. Humanity has evolved through the centuries and more laws has been codified as technology grows.
The Code of Hammurabi was one of the first written sets of laws, or legal codes, known to history. It was enacted at the orders of Hammurabi, sixth king of Babylonia and carved into stone and various clay tablets.