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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Khalsi<br />
| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand#India<br />
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| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = [[India]]<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttarakhand]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[District (India)|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Dehradun District|Dehradun]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30.5180|77.8482|display=inline}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kalsi''' is a town in [[Dehradun District]], [[Uttarakhand]]. It is known for the [[Rock edicts of Khalsi]], a group of major inscriptions by emperor [[Ashoka]]. The Khalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14.<ref name=DKC> The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the ... by Dilip K Chakrabarty [https://books.google.com/books?id=EIAyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 p.32]</ref><br />
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The Khalsi rock [[Edicts of Ashoka|edict of Ashoka]] No.13, mentions the Greek kings [[Antiochus II Theos|Antiochus]], [[Ptolemy II of Egypt|Ptolemy]], [[Antigonus II Gonatas|Antigonus]], [[Magas of Cyrene|Magas]] and [[Alexander II of Epirus|Alexander]] by name, as recipients of his teachings.<ref>{{cite book |author=Romila Thapar |title=A History of India |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofindiavo00perc |url-access=registration |year=1990 |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |isbn=978-0-14-194976-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofindiavo00perc/page/85 85] }}</ref><br />
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File:Kalsi04.jpg<br />
File:Kalsi01.jpg<br />
File:Ashoka edict khalsi1.png<br />
File:Khalsi rock edict of Ashoka.jpg<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Edicts of Ashoka]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Dehradun district]]<br />
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