In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself

In his inscriptions Ashoka called himself Correct Answer Devanampriya Priyadarshi King

Ashoka refers to himself as "Beloved of the Gods" (Devanampiya). The identification of Devanampiya with Ashoka was confirmed by an inscription discovered in 1915 by C. Beadon, a British gold-mining engineer, at Maski, a village in Raichur district of Karnataka.