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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inscriptions: Minor Rock Edicts: Edicts inscribed at the beginning of Ashoka's reign; in Prakrit, Greek and Aramaic. Minor Pillar Edicts: Schism Edict, Queen's...
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The Major Pillar Edicts of Indian Emperor Ashoka refer to 7 separate major Edicts of Ashoka inscribed on columns (the Pillars of Ashoka), which are significantly...
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as "Minor Rock Edicts". The Minor Pillar Edicts of Ashoka refer to five separate Edicts inscribed on columns, the Pillars of Ashoka. These edicts are...
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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) Kandahar...
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inscription. The Lumbini inscription is generally categorized among the Minor Pillar Edicts of Ashoka, although it is in the past tense and in the ordinary third...
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The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the...
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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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CE, whose name only appears explicitly in the Minor Rock Edicts and allusively in the Minor Pillar Edicts, and who does mention the Buddha and the Sangha...
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number of his edicts, inscribed on rocks and pillars, were found in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In India, Places where rock edicts were found...
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The Allahabad Pillar is a stambha, containing one of the pillar edicts of Ashoka, erected by Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya dynasty, who reigned in the...
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Brahmi script (section Heliodorus Pillar inscription)
Ashoka left us a series of great inscriptions (major rock edicts, minor rock edicts, pillar edicts) which are among the most important records of India's...
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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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Sanchi (section Ashoka pillar)
recorded in the Sarnath and Kausambi edicts, which together form the three known instances of Ashoka's "Schism Edict". It relates to the penalties for schism...
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Devanampriya (category Edicts of Ashoka)
Mauryan Emperor Ashoka The Great (r.269-233 BCE) in his inscriptions (the Edicts of Ashoka). "Devanampriya" means "Beloved of the Gods". It is often used...
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(only) an eighth share (of the produce). — The Rummindei Edict, one of the Minor Pillar Edicts of Ashoka. The Pali literature of the Theravāda tradition...
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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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and possibly even farther according to the inscriptions left on stone pillars by Ashoka). Missionaries were also sent to South India, Sri Lanka and Southeast...
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The words Bu-dhe and Sa-kya-mu-nī "Sage of the "Shakyas" in Brahmi script, on Ashoka's Minor Pillar Edict of Lumbini (circa 250 BCE)....
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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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was originally located in Kosambi. The schism edict of Kaushambi (Minor Pillar Edict 2) states that, "The King instructs the officials of Kausambi as follows:...
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Yona (section Edicts of Ashoka (250 BC))
"Yona king Aṃtiyoka" in the Edicts of Ashoka (280 BCE) The mention of the "Yona king Aṃtalikitasa" in the Heliodorus pillar in Vidisha (110 BCE) King Milinda...
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Bairat Temple (category Edicts of Ashoka)
and near it were found two of Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts, the Bairat and the Calcutta-Bairat Minor Rock Edicts. It is the earliest circular Buddhist shrine...
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words "Bu-dhe" (the Buddha) and "Sa-kya-mu-nī " ("Sage of the Shakyas") in the Brahmi script, on Ashoka's Rummindei Minor Pillar Edict (circa 250 BCE)....
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Sasaram (section Minor Rock Edict of Ashoka)
Ashoka (one of the thirteen Minor Rock Edicts), situated in a small cave of Kaimur hill, near Chandan Shaheed. The edict is located near the top of the...
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Bahapur Version of Aśoka's Minor Rock Edict (1971) Notes on the Greek Version of Aśoka's Twelfth and Thirteenth Rock Edicts (1972) Aśoka and Capital Punishment:...
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Ashoka left us a series of great inscriptions (major rock edicts, minor rock edicts, pillar edicts) which are among the most important records of India's...
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and were poorly received by the public. The same 1686 recoinage came with edicts in 1686–1687 fixing the real de vellón at one dollar = 15+2⁄34 reales or...
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Pillars of Ashoka, such as the Rampurva capital with its Hellenistic floral scrolls. It is also known that Ashoka redacted some of his stone edicts in...
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Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription (category Edicts of Ashoka)
of a passage of the Major Pillar Edicts n°5 or n°7, although others have proposed to categorize it among the Minor Rock Edicts of Ashoka. The Pul-i-Darunteh...
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