Pradesh; Dhauli, Odisha; Jaugada, Odisha. These many edicts, of which Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts were the first and most impressive, were concerned with...
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Aramaic. Minor Pillar Edicts: Schism Edict, Queen's Edict, Rummindei Edict, Nigali Sagar Edict; in Prakrit. Major Rock Edicts: 14 Edicts (termed 1st to 14th)...
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Edicts was published by Romila Thapar. These edicts are preceded chronologically by the Minor Rock Edicts (11th year of his reign), Major Rock Edicts...
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chronologically by the Minor Rock Edicts and may have been made in parallel with the Major Rock Edicts. The Minor Rock Edict were written quite early in...
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contain some of the most important of the Edicts of Ashoka. The inscription in Khalsi contains all the Major Rock Edicts, from 1 to 14. They were discovered...
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Rock Edicts 1 and 2, fragments Rock Edicts 13 and 14) Yerragudi, near Gooty, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh (Major Rock Edicts and Minor Rock Edict)...
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Nallasopara (section 8th Major Rock Edict)
The finding of the relics in a stupa and the rock edicts (the fragments of the 8th and 9th major rock edicts) of Ashoka in 1882 prove the importance of...
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the propagation of "dhamma" or righteous conduct, the major theme of the edicts. Ashoka's edicts suggest that a few years after the Kalinga War, he was...
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The Ashokan edicts in Delhi are a series of edicts on the teachings of Buddha created by Ashoka, the Mauryan Emperor who ruled in the Indian subcontinent...
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The Minor Pillar Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 4 separate minor Edicts of Ashoka (Schism Edict, Queen's Edict, 2 Commemorative inscriptions)...
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be a part of Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts (consequently dubbed "Minor Rock Edict No. 4"), in contrast to his Major Rock Edicts, which contain portions or...
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shortly after 150 CE. The Junagadh rock contains inscriptions of Ashoka (one of fourteen of the Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka), Rudradaman I and Skandagupta...
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Girnar (section Ashoka edicts)
stone bridge, and just beyond it on the right are the Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts. The edicts are inscribed high up on a large, domed mass of black granite...
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Heidelberg. Edicts of Ashoka Jaugada is the location of some of the Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka, inscribed circa 250 BCE: Major Rock Edicts 1-10 and 14...
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Kalsi, Dehradun (category Edicts of Ashoka)
the Rock edicts of Kalsi, a group of major inscriptions by emperor Ashoka. The Kalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14. The Kalsi rock edict of...
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Ashoka's policy of Dhamma (section Edicts)
Lion Capital of Ashoka Ashoka Chakra Edicts of Ashoka Ashokan Edicts in Delhi Pillars of Ashoka Major Rock Edicts Amaravati Stupa Sanchi Stupa Dhamek Stupa...
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The Kandahar Greek Edicts of Ashoka are among the Major Rock Edicts of the Indian Emperor Ashoka (reigned 269-233 BCE), which were written in the Greek...
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Priyadasi (category Edicts of Ashoka)
repeatedly in the ancient inscriptions known as the Major Rock Edicts or the Major Pillar Edicts, where it is generally used in conjunction with the title...
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continuum used in the Edicts of Ashoka, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan Empire who reigned 268 BCE to 232 BCE. The Edicts are inscriptions on...
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Yojana (section Edicts of Ashoka (3rd century BCE))
India defines Yojana as ranging from 3.5 to 15 km. Ashoka, in his Major Rock Edict No.13, gives a distance of 600 yojanas between the Maurya empire, and...
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of the major seats of his government. The Edicts of Ashoka, inscribed on three large boulders near Mansehra record fourteen of Ashoka's edicts, presenting...
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turn led to the reading of the Edicts of Ashoka, some of which were written in the Kharosthi script (the Major Rock Edicts at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi)...
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Pashtun, with the name Afghan being derived from Asvakan. In the Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka, Asvakas are described as Gandhāras (Gandharians) who are...
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Mandir, Belgachhiya Related topics Hutheesing Jain Temple Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts Dhar iron pillar History of metallurgy in South Asia Iron pillar of...
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Mahamatra (category Edicts of Ashoka)
146. ISBN 9788122411980. Indian History. Allied Publishers. 1988. p. 253. ISBN 9788184245684. "Ashoka's Rock Edicts". Livius. Retrieved 12 July 2018....
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Pillars of Ashoka (category Edicts of Ashoka)
Ashoka pillar. Related topics Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts Dhar iron pillar Iron pillar of Delhi List of Edicts of Ashoka Stambha Other similar topics Early...
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Column Wootz steel Other pillars of India Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts Dhar iron pillar List of Edicts of Ashoka Pillars of Ashoka Heliodorus pillar Stambha...
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class of Kshatriya guilds which lived upon both trade and war. The Major Rock Edicts of the Maurya emperor Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE) contain the first attestations...
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Majjhantika to preach in Kashmir and Gandhara. The Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka inscribed on rock boulders in Mansehra and Shahbaz Garhi written in the...
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conversion of the man and his empire. Ashoka (r. 268–231 BCE), Edicts of Ashoka, Major Rock Edict 13. Radhakumud Mookerji (1988). Chandragupta Maurya and His...
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