File:6thPillarOfAshoka.JPG

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Español: Fragmento del 6to Decreto del pilar de Ashoka. Museo Británico.
Artist
wisdom duomai[279-212 BCE]
Description
6th pillar edict of Emperor Asoka (r. 265–238 BC). Sandstone, Mauryan dynasty, around 238 BC. Probably from the Meerut Pillar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dimensions H. 33.6 cm (13 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Room 33, China, South & South-east Asia, India, case 4
Accession number
OA 1880-21
Credit line Unspecified
Source/Photographer PHGCOM (2005), first uploaded as de:Bild:6thPillarOfAshoka.JPG

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Fragment of the 6th Pillar Edict of Ashoka (238 BCE), in Brahmi, sandstone. British Museum, London

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378 pixel

width

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exposure time

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focal length

5.40625 millimetre

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current21:29, 14 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 21:29, 14 August 2005800 × 378 (194 KB)smartcommons>World ImagingFragment of the 6th pillar Edict of Ashoka. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005. {{GDFL}}
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