The Edicts of Ashoka (India, Mauryan empire) were carved on pillars and other large stones, and placed at the frontiers of his realm. There are dozens known, and each was carved in whatever local language prevailed. At least three up in Afghanistan-Pakistan are in Aramaic, a language probably introduced when the Israelite tribes were rounded up and exiled by the Assyrians to the frontiers of their empire. The Ashkenazy or European Jews show their Middle Eastern heritage in their DNA; their ancestors got to eastern Europe in the same manner and at the same time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AsokaKandahar.jpg
http://www.varchive.org/ce/baalbek/gozan.htm
http://www.varchive.org/ce/baalbek/khazars.htm
At least as regards the source of Indo European in Europe. Of course the ultimate origin of Indo European is still up for grabs, as one has to account for the Hittites, the Iranians, the Aryans in India, and the steppe peoples.
