List of Edicts of Ashoka

List of the Edicts of Ashoka
Created	3rd century BCE
Present location	Ai Khanoum (Greek city) Pataliputra Ujjain class=notpageimage| Location of the Minor Rock Edicts (Edicts 1, 2 & 3) Other inscriptions often classified as Minor Rock Edicts. Location of the Major Rock Edicts. Location of the Minor Pillar Edicts. Original location of the Major Pillar Edicts. Capital cities

The following is an overview of Edicts of Ashoka,^[1] and where they are located.

Minor Rock Edict

• Kandahar, Afghanistan
• Lampaka, Afghanistan
• Bahapur, Delhi
• Bairat, near Jaipur, Rajasthan
• Bhabru, second hill at Bairat, Rajasthan
• Gujarra, near Jhansi, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh
• Rupnath, on the Kaimur Hills near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
• Ratanpurwa, on the Kaimur Hills near Kharauli-Basaha Road, Bihar
• Panguraria, Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh
• Sohgaura, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh
• Sahasram, Rohtas district, Bihar
• Barabar Caves, Bihar (donatory inscriptions to the Ājīvika sect)
• Bogra district, Bangladesh
• Rajula-Mandagiri, near Pattikonda, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh
• Jonnagiri, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh
• Palkigundu and Gavimath, Koppal district, Karnataka
• Brahmagiri, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
• Jatinga-Rameshwara, near Brahmagiri, Karnataka
• Siddapur, near Brahmagiri, Karnataka
• Maski, Raichur district, Karnataka
• Nittur,
  Bellary district
  , Karnataka
• Udegolam,
  Bellary district
  , Karnataka

Minor Pillar Edicts

• Rupandehi district, Nepal (the upper part broke off when struck by lightning; the original horse capital mentioned by Xuanzang
  is missing)
• Nigali-Sagar (or Nigliva), near Lumbini, Rupandehi district, Nepal (originally near the Buddha Konakarnana stupa)
• Sarnath, near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (Pillar Inscription, Schism Edict)
• Kausambi and probably moved to Allahabad by Jahangir
  ; Pillar Edicts I-VI, Queen's Edict, Schism Edict)
• Sanchi, near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (Schism Edict)

Major Rock Edicts (set of 14)

• Aramaic), in Kandahar, Afghanistan
  .
• Kharosthi script
  )
• Kharosthi script
  )
• Kalsi, near Chakrata, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand
• Ashoka's Major Rock Edict
  )
• Sopara, Thane district, Maharashtra
  (fragments Rock Edicts 8 and 9)
• Orissa
  (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11–13)
• Orissa
  (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11–13)
• Sannati, Kalaburagi district, Karnataka (separate Rock Edicts 1 and 2, fragments Rock Edicts 13 and 14)
• Yerragudi, near Gooty, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh (Major Rock Edicts and Minor Rock Edict)

Major Pillar Edicts (set of 7)

• Kandahar, Afghanistan (fragments of Pillar Edicts VII)
• Ranigat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
• Feroz Shah
  )
• Delhi-Topra, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII; moved from Topra to Delhi by Feroz Shah)
• Vaishali, Bihar (has no inscription)
• Rampurva, Champaran, Bihar
  (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
• Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)
• Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI)

See also

Notes

References

• ISBN 0-00-638784-5
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• Singh, Upinder (2008). "Chapter 7: Power and Piety: The Maurya Empire, c. 324-187 BCE". A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century. New Delhi: Pearson Education.
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