Emperor Asoka established pillars around the empire proclaiming laws (edicts). What impact did this have on India?

In both Buddhism and Hinduism, the pillar symbolized the axis mundi (the axis on which the world spins). The pillars and edicts represent the first physical evidence of the Buddhist faith. The inscriptions assert Ashoka's Buddhism and support his desire to spread the dharma throughout his kingdom.

Explanation:

Democracy is defined as the government that is elected by the people of the country and in democracy, the population get many rights for their protection.

The Capitol has a collection of statues representing people from each State reflects the idea of representative democracy as the collection has nine women statues which means equal rights of men and women under democracy; there are many statues of  American Indians and African-American  which shows that democracy has provided rights to immigrants; and many statues of Catholic clergy or father represents freedom of religion under democracy.

Statues from each states represents that there are equal rights of people in each state under democracy and each people is treated equally and honored for their contribution.