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	'''Topra''', combined name for the larger '''Topra Kalan''' and adjacent smaller '''Topra Khurd''', is a [[Mauryan Empire]]-era village in [[Yamunanagar district]] of [[~~Harayana~~]] state in [[India]].<ref>[http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?scheme=1&page=p&fin_year=2012-2013&state_name=HARYANA&state_code=12&district_name=YAMUNANAGAR&block_name=JAGADHRI&panchayat_code=1202100019&panchayat_name=KANSAPUR&shortname=HR Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2012-2013]</ref>		'''Topra''', combined name for the larger '''Topra Kalan''' and adjacent smaller '''Topra Khurd''', is a [[Mauryan Empire]]-era village in [[Yamunanagar district]] of [[Haryana]] state in [[India]].<ref>[http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?scheme=1&page=p&fin_year=2012-2013&state_name=HARYANA&state_code=12&district_name=YAMUNANAGAR&block_name=JAGADHRI&panchayat_code=1202100019&panchayat_name=KANSAPUR&shortname=HR Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2012-2013]</ref>
	It lies 14 km west of [[Yamunanagar]], 14 km from [[Radaur]] and 90 km from [[Chandigarh]].		It lies 14 km west of [[Yamunanagar]], 14 km from [[Radaur]] and 90 km from [[Chandigarh]].

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	[[File:Ashokan Pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Delhi-Topra pillar\|Delhi-Topra Ashokan pillar]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] as it stands today.]]		[[File:Ashokan Pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi.jpg\|thumb\|right\|[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Delhi-Topra pillar\|Delhi-Topra Ashokan pillar]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] as it stands today.]]

	[[File:Ashoka ~~pillar delhi1~~.~~png~~\|thumb\|The ~~inscription on~~ Ashoka ~~pillar~~ at Feroz Shah Kotla.]]		[[File:Delhi-Topra pillar Ashoka inscriptions.jpg\|thumb\|The inscriptions of Ashoka at Feroz Shah Kotla (I to VII edicts).]]
			Situated in ''Pong valley'' of is the original home of [[Delhi-Topra pillar]] (originally located at {{coord\|30.12889\|N\|77.15965\|E\|display=inline}}), one of many [[pillars of Ashoka]], that was moved from Topra to [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] in Delhi in 1356 CE by [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] (1309-1388 CE).
	Situated in ''Pong valley'' of is the original home of [[~~Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#~~Delhi-Topra ~~pillar\|Delhi-Topra Ashokan~~ pillar]], one of many [[pillars of Ashoka]], that was moved from Topra to [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] in Delhi in 1356 CE by [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] (1309-1388 CE).

	[[File:Sirat i-Firuz Shahi 14th century illustration of the transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright\|Transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi. Sirat i-Firuz Shahi, 14th century illustration.]]		[[File:Sirat i-Firuz Shahi 14th century illustration of the transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright\|Transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi. Sirat i-Firuz Shahi, 14th century illustration.]]
	The original inscription on the Delhi-Topra Ashokan obelisk is primarily in Brahmi script but language was ~~prakrit~~, with some Pali and Sanskrit added later. The inscription was successfully translated in 1837 by [[James Prinsep]].<ref name=jprinsep/> This and other ancient ''lats'' (pillars, obelisk) have earned Feroz Shah Tughlaq and [[Delhi Sultanate]] fame for its architectural patronage.<ref>William Jeffrey McKibben, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629462 The Monumental Pillars of Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq], Ars Orientalis, Vol. 24, (1994), pp. 105-118</ref>		The original inscription on the Delhi-Topra Ashokan obelisk is primarily in Brahmi script, but the language was [[Prakrit]], with some Pali and Sanskrit added later. The inscription was successfully translated in 1837 by [[James Prinsep]].<ref name=jprinsep/> This and other ancient ''lats'' (pillars, obelisk) have earned Feroz Shah Tughlaq and [[Delhi Sultanate]] fame for its architectural patronage.<ref>William Jeffrey McKibben, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629462 The Monumental Pillars of Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq], Ars Orientalis, Vol. 24, (1994), pp. 105-118</ref>

	The Sultanate had wanted to break and reuse the Ashokan pillar for a minaret. Feroz Shah Tuhglaq, however decided to erect it near the mosque instead. At the time of re-installation of the obelisk in Delhi, in 1356, no one knew the meaning of the script engraved in the stone.<ref>HM Elliot & John Dawson (1871), [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036737#page/n367/mode/2up Tarikh I Ferozi Shahi - Records of Court Historian Sams-i-Siraj] [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]], Volume 3, Cornell University Archives, pp 352-353</ref>		The Sultanate had wanted to break and reuse the Ashokan pillar for a minaret. Feroz Shah Tuhglaq, however decided to erect it near the mosque instead. At the time of re-installation of the obelisk in Delhi, in 1356, no one knew the meaning of the script engraved in the stone.<ref>HM Elliot & John Dawson (1871), [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036737#page/n367/mode/2up Tarikh I Ferozi Shahi - Records of Court Historian Sams-i-Siraj] [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]], Volume 3, Cornell University Archives, pp 352-353</ref>
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	The inscription on the 3rd century pillar describe King Devanampiya Piyadasi's<ref>another name for Ashoka</ref> policies and appeal to the people and future generations of the kingdom in matters of [[dharma]] (just, virtuous life), moral precepts and freedoms. Some extracts of the translation, per [[James Prinsep]], are as follows:<ref name=jprinsep>{{cite journal\|url=https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic62asia#page/600/mode/2up\|title=Interpretation of the most ancient of inscriptions on the pillar called lat of Feroz Shah, near Delhi, and of the Allahabad, Radhia and Mattiah pillar, or lat inscriptions which agree therewith\|author=Prinsep, J\|pages=600–609\|year=1837\|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society\|volume=6}}</ref>		The inscription on the 3rd century pillar describe King Devanampiya Piyadasi's<ref>another name for Ashoka</ref> policies and appeal to the people and future generations of the kingdom in matters of [[dharma]] (just, virtuous life), moral precepts and freedoms. Some extracts of the translation, per [[James Prinsep]], are as follows:<ref name=jprinsep>{{cite journal\|url=https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic62asia#page/600/mode/2up\|title=Interpretation of the most ancient of inscriptions on the pillar called lat of Feroz Shah, near Delhi, and of the Allahabad, Radhia and Mattiah pillar, or lat inscriptions which agree therewith\|author=Prinsep, J\|pages=600–609\|year=1837\|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society\|volume=6}}</ref>

	{{~~quote~~\|Among high roads, I have caused fig trees to be planted that they may be for shade to animals and men...\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}		{{blockquote\|Among high roads, I have caused fig trees to be planted that they may be for shade to animals and men...\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

	{{~~quote~~\|...And let these and others the most skillful in the sacred offices discreetly and respectfully use their most persuasive efforts, acting on the heart and eyes of the children, for the purposes of imparting enthusiasm and instruction in dharma (religion).\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}		{{blockquote\|...And let these and others the most skillful in the sacred offices discreetly and respectfully use their most persuasive efforts, acting on the heart and eyes of the children, for the purposes of imparting enthusiasm and instruction in dharma (religion).\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

	{{~~quote~~\|And whatsoever benevolent acts have been done by me, the same shall be prescribed as duties to the people who follow after me, and in this manner shall their influence and increase be manifest - by service to father and mother, by service to spiritual pastors, by respectful demeanor to the aged and full of years, by kindness to learned, to the orphan and destitute and servants and minstrel tribe.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}[[File:DPPX 8.JPG\|thumb\|A close up of the inscription on the lat (obelisk).]]{{~~quote~~\|And religion increaseth among men by two separate processes - by performance of religious offices, and by security against persecution. (...) And that religion may be free from the persecution of men, that it may increase through the absolute prohibition to put to death (any) living beings or sacrifice aught that draweth breath. For such an object is all this done, that it may endure to my sons and sons' sons - as long the sun and the moon shall last.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}		{{blockquote\|And whatsoever benevolent acts have been done by me, the same shall be prescribed as duties to the people who follow after me, and in this manner shall their influence and increase be manifest - by service to father and mother, by service to spiritual pastors, by respectful demeanor to the aged and full of years, by kindness to learned, to the orphan and destitute and servants and minstrel tribe.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}[[File:DPPX 8.JPG\|thumb\|A close up of the inscription on the lat (obelisk).]]{{blockquote\|And religion increaseth among men by two separate processes - by performance of religious offices, and by security against persecution. (...) And that religion may be free from the persecution of men, that it may increase through the absolute prohibition to put to death (any) living beings or sacrifice aught that draweth breath. For such an object is all this done, that it may endure to my sons and sons' sons - as long the sun and the moon shall last.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

	{{~~quote~~\|Let stone pillars be prepared and let this edict of dharma (religion) be engraven thereon, that it may endure unto the remotest ages.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar, Translated by James Prinsep in 1837<ref name=jprinsep/>}}		{{blockquote\|Let stone pillars be prepared and let this edict of dharma (religion) be engraven thereon, that it may endure unto the remotest ages.\|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar, Translated by James Prinsep in 1837<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

	==Topra Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park and Museum==		==Topra Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park and Museum==
	In 2015 April, [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]], announced an allocation of INR 50 crore (INR 500 million) to build an Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park at Topra Kalan village where seven Ashoka Pillars, eight Rock Edicts and other ancient structures of Mauryan Time will be constructed. It was all started back in 2011 when Sidhartha Gauri and Dr. Satyadeep Neil Gauri, Founders of [[The Buddhist Forum]][http://www.thebuddhistforum.com] initiated the project of [[Topra Asoka Edicts Park]] along with [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage\|INTACH]][http://www.intach.org], Gram Panchayat, Topra Kalan and other social organizations.<ref>[http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/gram-panchayat-ngo-thrust-behind-planned-ahoka-park-in-ynagar-hindustantimes.html]</ref><ref>[http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/ashoka-edicts-park-catches-tourism-ministrys-eye-the-tribune.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/community/khattar-announces-rs100-cr-to-develop-saraswati-topra-kalan/65676.html Khattar announces Rs100 cr to develop Saraswati, Topra Kalan, The Tribune, 11-Apr-2015]</ref> Village panchayat has given away 28 acres land for the construction of park, museum and monastery.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-park-for-ashoka-stalled-2270801 Park for Ashoka stalled?, DNA India News, 7-Nov-2016]</ref>		In 2015 April, [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]], announced an allocation of INR 50 crore (INR 500 million) to build an Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park at Topra Kalan village where seven Ashoka Pillars, eight Rock Edicts and other ancient structures of Mauryan Time will be constructed. It was all started back in 2011 when Sidhartha Gauri and Dr. Satyadeep Neil Gauri, Founders of [[The Buddhist Forum]][http://www.thebuddhistforum.com] initiated the project of [[Topra Asoka Edicts Park]] along with [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage\|INTACH]][http://www.intach.org], Gram Panchayat, Topra Kalan and other social organizations.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/gram-panchayat-ngo-thrust-behind-planned-ahoka-park-in-ynagar-hindustantimes.html\|title=The Buddhist Forum - Reawakening Asia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/ashoka-edicts-park-catches-tourism-ministrys-eye-the-tribune.html\|title = The Buddhist Forum - Reawakening Asia}}</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/community/khattar-announces-rs100-cr-to-develop-saraswati-topra-kalan/65676.html Khattar announces Rs100 cr to develop Saraswati, Topra Kalan, The Tribune, 11-Apr-2015]</ref> Village panchayat has given away 28 acres land for the construction of park, museum and monastery.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-park-for-ashoka-stalled-2270801 Park for Ashoka stalled?, DNA India News, 7-Nov-2016]</ref>

	== See also==		== See also==
	{{Commons ~~Category~~\|Topra Kalan}}		{{Commons category\|Topra Kalan}}
	* [[Bodh Stupa]]		* [[Bodh Stupa]]
	* [[~~History_of_Haryana~~#Buddhism\|Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Haryana]]		* [[History of Haryana#Buddhism\|Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Haryana]]
	* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites]]		* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites]]
	* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]		* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]
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	{{reflist\|30em}}		{{reflist\|30em}}
	~~{{Edicts of Ashoka}}~~
	{{Buddhism topics}}		{{Buddhism topics}}
	{{Haryana}}		{{Haryana}}
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{{Buddhism|terse=1}}
'''Topra''', combined name for the larger '''Topra Kalan''' and adjacent smaller '''Topra Khurd''', is a [[Mauryan Empire]]-era village in [[Yamunanagar district]] of [[Harayana]] state in [[India]].<ref>[http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?scheme=1&page=p&fin_year=2012-2013&state_name=HARYANA&state_code=12&district_name=YAMUNANAGAR&block_name=JAGADHRI&panchayat_code=1202100019&panchayat_name=KANSAPUR&shortname=HR Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2012-2013]</ref>
It lies 14 km west of [[Yamunanagar]], 14 km from [[Radaur]] and 90 km from [[Chandigarh]].

==Topra Ashokan Pillar==
{{ see also | Edicts of Ashoka | Bodh Stupa }}

[[File:Ashokan Pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Delhi-Topra pillar|Delhi-Topra Ashokan pillar]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] as it stands today.]]

[[File:Ashoka pillar delhi1.png|thumb|The inscription on Ashoka pillar at Feroz Shah Kotla.]]

Situated in ''Pong valley'' of is the original home of [[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Delhi-Topra pillar|Delhi-Topra Ashokan pillar]], one of many [[pillars of Ashoka]], that was moved from Topra to [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] in Delhi in 1356 CE by [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] (1309-1388 CE).

[[File:Sirat i-Firuz Shahi 14th century illustration of the transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Transportation of the Topra pillar to Delhi. Sirat i-Firuz Shahi, 14th century illustration.]]
The original inscription on the Delhi-Topra Ashokan obelisk is primarily in Brahmi script but language was prakrit, with some Pali and Sanskrit added later. The inscription was successfully translated in 1837 by [[James Prinsep]].<ref name=jprinsep/> This and other ancient ''lats'' (pillars, obelisk) have earned Feroz Shah Tughlaq and [[Delhi Sultanate]] fame for its architectural patronage.<ref>William Jeffrey McKibben, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629462 The Monumental Pillars of Fīrūz Shāh Tughluq], Ars Orientalis, Vol. 24, (1994), pp. 105-118</ref>

The Sultanate had wanted to break and reuse the Ashokan pillar for a minaret. Feroz Shah Tuhglaq, however decided to erect it near the mosque instead. At the time of re-installation of the obelisk in Delhi, in 1356, no one knew the meaning of the script engraved in the stone.<ref>HM Elliot & John Dawson (1871), [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036737#page/n367/mode/2up Tarikh I Ferozi Shahi - Records of Court Historian Sams-i-Siraj] [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians]], Volume 3, Cornell University Archives, pp 352-353</ref>

About five hundred years later, the script ([[Brahmi script|Brahmi]]) was deciphered by [[James Prinsep]] in 1837 with help from scripts discovered on other pillars and tablets in South Asia.<ref name="jprinsep"/>

It was restored by the [[Raja Hindu Rao]] after the [[Revolt of 1857]].

===Translation===
The inscription on the 3rd century pillar describe King Devanampiya Piyadasi's<ref>another name for Ashoka</ref> policies and appeal to the people and future generations of the kingdom in matters of [[dharma]] (just, virtuous life), moral precepts and freedoms. Some extracts of the translation, per [[James Prinsep]], are as follows:<ref name=jprinsep>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/journalofasiatic62asia#page/600/mode/2up|title=Interpretation of the most ancient of inscriptions on the pillar called lat of Feroz Shah, near Delhi, and of the Allahabad, Radhia and Mattiah pillar, or lat inscriptions which agree therewith|author=Prinsep, J|pages=600–609|year=1837|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society|volume=6}}</ref>

{{quote|Among high roads, I have caused fig trees to be planted that they may be for shade to animals and men...|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

{{quote|...And let these and others the most skillful in the sacred offices discreetly and respectfully use their most persuasive efforts, acting on the heart and eyes of the children, for the purposes of imparting enthusiasm and instruction in dharma (religion).|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

{{quote|And whatsoever benevolent acts have been done by me, the same shall be prescribed as duties to the people who follow after me, and in this manner shall their influence and increase be manifest - by service to father and mother, by service to spiritual pastors, by respectful demeanor to the aged and full of years, by kindness to learned, to the orphan and destitute and servants and minstrel tribe.|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}[[File:DPPX 8.JPG|thumb|A close up of the inscription on the lat (obelisk).]]{{quote|And religion increaseth among men by two separate processes - by performance of religious offices, and by security against persecution. (...) And that religion may be free from the persecution of men, that it may increase through the absolute prohibition to put to death (any) living beings or sacrifice aught that draweth breath. For such an object is all this done, that it may endure to my sons and sons' sons - as long the sun and the moon shall last.|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

{{quote|Let stone pillars be prepared and let this edict of dharma (religion) be engraven thereon, that it may endure unto the remotest ages.|-Inscription on Ashoka Pillar, Translated by James Prinsep in 1837<ref name=jprinsep/>}}

==Topra Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park and Museum==
In 2015 April, [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], the [[Chief Minister of Haryana]], announced an allocation of INR 50 crore (INR 500 million) to build an Ashokan Edicts Archaeological Park at Topra Kalan village where seven Ashoka Pillars, eight Rock Edicts and other ancient structures of Mauryan Time will be constructed. It was all started back in 2011 when Sidhartha Gauri and Dr. Satyadeep Neil Gauri, Founders of [[The Buddhist Forum]][http://www.thebuddhistforum.com] initiated the project of [[Topra Asoka Edicts Park]] along with [[Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage|INTACH]][http://www.intach.org], Gram Panchayat, Topra Kalan and other social organizations.<ref>[http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/gram-panchayat-ngo-thrust-behind-planned-ahoka-park-in-ynagar-hindustantimes.html]</ref><ref>[http://thebuddhistforum.com/wp/ashoka-edicts-park-catches-tourism-ministrys-eye-the-tribune.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/community/khattar-announces-rs100-cr-to-develop-saraswati-topra-kalan/65676.html Khattar announces Rs100 cr to develop Saraswati, Topra Kalan, The Tribune, 11-Apr-2015]</ref> Village panchayat has given away 28 acres land for the construction of park, museum and monastery.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-park-for-ashoka-stalled-2270801 Park for Ashoka stalled?, DNA India News, 7-Nov-2016]</ref>

== See also==
{{Commons Category|Topra Kalan}}
* [[Bodh Stupa]]
* [[History_of_Haryana#Buddhism|Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Haryana]]
* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites]]
* [[Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Edicts of Ashoka}}
{{Buddhism topics}}
{{Haryana}}

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[[Category:Edicts of Ashoka|Haryana]]
[[Category:History of Haryana]]
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[[Category:Early Buddhist texts]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Haryana]]
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