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| | #REDIRECT [[List of edicts of Ashoka]] |
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| | name = List of the Edicts of Ashoka
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| | created = 3rd century BCE
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| The following is an overview of [[Edicts of Ashoka]],<ref>{{Harvnb |Keay|2000|pp.= 93}}</ref> and where they are located.
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| ==Minor Rock Edict==
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| {{main|Minor Rock Edicts}}
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| *[[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]]
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| *[[Lampaka]], [[Afghanistan]]
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| *[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Rock edict in Delhi|Bahapur]], [[Delhi]]
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| *[[Bairat]], near [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
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| *Bhabru, second hill at Bairat, [[Rajasthan]]
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| *Gujarra, near [[Jhansi]], [[Datia district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| *Rupnath, on the [[Kaimur Range|Kaimur Hills]] near [[Jabalpur]], Madhya Pradesh
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| *Panguraria, [[Sehore district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| *Sohgaura, [[Gorakhpur district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| *[[Sasaram|Sahasram]], [[Rohtas district]], [[Bihar]]
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| *[[Barabar Caves]], Bihar (donatory inscriptions to the [[Ājīvika]] sect)
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| *[[Mahasthan]], [[Bogra district]], [[Bangladesh]]
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| *Rajula-Mandagiri, near [[Pattikonda]], [[Kurnool district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| *Suvarnagiri (Jonnagiri), [[Kurnool district|Kurnool]] district, [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| *[[Palkigundu and Gavimath, Koppal]] district, [[Karnataka]]
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| *[[Brahmagiri archaeological site|Brahmagiri]], [[Chitradurga district]], Karnataka
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| *Jatinga-Rameshwara, near Brahmagiri, Karnataka
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| *Siddapur, near Brahmagiri, Karnataka
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| *[[Maski]], [[Raichur district]], Karnataka
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| *Nittur, [[Bellary district]], Karnataka
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| *Udegolam, [[Bellary district]], Karnataka
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| ==Minor Pillar Edicts==
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| {{main|Minor Pillar Edicts}}
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| *[[Lumbini]] (Rummindei), [[Rupandehi district]], [[Nepal]] (the upper part broke off when struck by lightning; the original horse capital mentioned by [[Xuanzang]] is missing)
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| *Nigali-Sagar (or Nigliva), near Lumbini, Rupandehi district, Nepal (originally near the Buddha Konakarnana stupa)
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| *[[Sarnath]], near [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict)
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| *[[Allahabad]], Uttar Pradesh (originally located at [[Kausambi]] and probably moved to Allahabad by [[Jahangir]]; Pillar Edicts I-VI, Queen's Edict, Schism Edict)
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| *[[Sanchi]], near [[Bhopal]], Madhya Pradesh (Schism Edict)
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| ==Major Rock Edicts (set of 14)==
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| {{main|Major Rock Edicts}}
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| *[[Kandahar Greek Inscription]] (portions of Rock Edicts 12 and 13in Greek) and [[Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription]] (bilingual [[Greek language|Greek]]-[[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]), in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]].
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| *[[Shahbazgarhi]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]] (in [[Kharosthi script]])
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| *[[Mansehra Rock Edicts]], [[Mansehra]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province, Pakistan (in [[Kharosthi script]])
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| *Kalsi, near [[Chakrata]], [[Dehradun district]], [[Uttarakhand]]
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| *[[Girnar]], near [[Junagadh]], [[Gujarat]] ([[Ashoka's Major Rock Edict]])
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| *[[Sopara]], [[Thane district]], [[Maharashtra]] (fragments Rock Edicts 8 and 9)
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| *[[Dhauli]], near [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11-13)
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| *[[Jaugada]], [[Ganjam district]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11-13)
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| *[[Sannati]], [[Gulbarga district]], [[Karnataka]] (separate Rock Edicts 1 and 2, fragments Rock Edicts 13 and 14)
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| *Yerragudi, near [[Gooty]], [[Kurnool district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Major Rock Edicts and Minor Rock Edict)
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| ==Major Pillar Edicts (set of 7)==
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| {{Main article|Major Pillar Edicts}}
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| *[[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] (fragments of Pillar Edicts VII)
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| *[[Ranigat]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]
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| *[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Delhi-Meerut pillar|Delhi-Meerut]], [[Delhi ridge]], [[Delhi]] (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI; moved from [[Meerut]] to [[Delhi]] by [[Feroz Shah]])
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| *[[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi#Pillar edicts in Delhi|Delhi-Topra]], [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], Delhi (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII; moved from Topra to Delhi by Feroz Shah)
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| *[[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]], [[Bihar]] (has no inscription)
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| *[[Rampurva]], [[Champaran]], [[Bihar]] (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
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| *[[Lauria Nandangarh|Lauriya-Nandangarth]], Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
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| *Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
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| ==See also==
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| * Related topics
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| ** [[Ancient iron production]]
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| ** [[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi]]
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| ** [[Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts]]
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| ** [[Dhar iron pillar]]
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| ** [[History of metallurgy in South Asia]]
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| ** [[Iron pillar of Delhi]]
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| ** [[Pillars of Ashoka]]
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| ** [[Stambha]]
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| * Other similar topics
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| ** [[Early Indian epigraphy]]
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| ** [[Hindu temple architecture]]
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| ** [[History of India]]
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| ** [[Indian copper plate inscriptions]]
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| ** [[Indian rock-cut architecture]]
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| ** [[List of rock-cut temples in India]]
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| ** [[Outline of ancient India]]
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| ** [[South Indian Inscriptions]]
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| ** [[Tagundaing]]
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| ==Notes==
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| {{reflist}}
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| ==References==
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| *{{cite book | first= John| last= Keay | authorlink= John Keay| year=2000 | title= India, a History | publisher= Harper Collins Publishers | location= New York, United States| isbn= 0-00-638784-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3aeQqmcXBhoC&pg=PA93 }}
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| ==Further reading==
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| *{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century|year=2008|chapter=Chapter 7: Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324-187 BCE|publisher=Pearson Education|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-317-1677-9|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3lUIIYxWkEC&pg=PA320}}
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| ==External links==
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| {{commons|Edicts of Ashoka}}
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| *[http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/asoka-locations.htm The Geographical Locations of The Rock Edicts of Asoka]
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