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Lauriya-Araraj pillar of Ashoka Material Polished sandstone Period/culture 3rd Century BCE Discovered 26° 33′ 0.82″ N 84° 38′ 51.29″ E Place Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran , India . Present location Lauriya Araraj, India
Coordinates : 26°33′01″N 84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E / 26.550227; 84.647581
Lauriya Araraj , also Lauriya Areraj , is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India .
It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka .[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka .[2]
Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at Lauriya Nandangarh .
An inscription of Ashoka on the pillar.
Rest of the inscription by Ashoka.
Various inscriptions on the pillar.
References
↑ Asoka, Mookerji Radhakumud, Motilal Banarsidass Publishing, 1962 p.92
↑ Buddhist Architecture, Huu Phuoc Le
Grafikol, 2010 p.38
Edicts of Ashoka (Ruled 269–232 BCE)
Regnal years of Ashoka
Type of Edict (and location of the inscriptions)
Geographical location
Year 8
End of the Kalinga war and conversion to the "Dharma "
Year 10[1]
Minor Rock Edicts
Related events: Visit to the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya Construction of the Mahabodhi Temple and Diamond throne in Bodh Gaya Predication throughout India. Dissenssions in the Sangha Third Buddhist Council In Indian language: Sohgaura inscription Erection of the Pillars of Ashoka
Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (in Greek and Aramaic , Kandahar )
Minor Rock Edicts in Aramaic :Laghman Inscription , Taxila inscription
Year 11 and later
Minor Rock Edicts (n°1, n°2 and n°3) (Panguraria , Maski , Palkigundu and Gavimath , Bahapur/Srinivaspuri , Bairat , Ahraura , Gujarra , Sasaram , Rajula Mandagiri , Yerragudi , Udegolam , Nittur , Brahmagiri , Siddapur , Jatinga-Rameshwara )
Year 12 and later[1]
Barabar Caves inscriptions
Major Rock Edicts
Minor Pillar Edicts
Major Rock Edicts in Greek: Edicts n°12-13 (Kandahar ) Major Rock Edicts in Indian language:Edicts No.1 ~ No.14 (in Kharoshthi script: Shahbazgarhi , Mansehra Edicts (in Brahmi script : Kalsi , Girnar , Sopara , Sannati , Yerragudi , Delhi Edicts ) Major Rock Edicts 1-10, 14, Separate Edicts 1&2 :(Dhauli , Jaugada )
Schism Edict , Queen's Edict (Sarnath Sanchi Allahabad ) Lumbini inscription , Nigali Sagar inscription
Year 26, 27 and later[1]
Major Pillar Edicts
In Indian language:Major Pillar Edicts No.1 ~ No.7 (Allahabad pillar Delhi pillar Topra Kalan Rampurva Lauria Nandangarh Lauriya-Araraj Amaravati )
Derived inscriptions in Aramaic , on rock:
Kandahar, Edict No.7 [2] [3] and Pul-i-Darunteh, Edict No.5 or No.7 [4]
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yailenko,Les maximes delphiques d'Aï Khanoum et la formation de la doctrine du dhamma d'Asoka, 1990, p. 243 .
↑ Inscriptions of Asoka de D.C. Sircar p. 30
↑ Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt p. 39
↑ Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt p. 39