List of edicts of Ashoka
Bahapur
Gujarra
Saru Maru
Udegolam
Nittur
Maski
Siddapur
Brahmagiri
Jatinga
Pakilgundu
Rajula Mandagiri
Yerragudi
Sasaram
Rupnath
Bairat
Bhabru
Ahraura
Barabar
Taxila
(Aramaic)
(Aramaic)
Mahasthan
Laghman
(Aramaic)
(Aramaic)
Maski
Palkigundu
Gavimath
Jatinga/Rameshwara
Palkigundu
Gavimath
Jatinga/Rameshwara
Rajula/Mandagiri
Brahmagiri
Udegolam
Siddapur
Nittur
Brahmagiri
Udegolam
Siddapur
Nittur
Ahraura
Sasaram
Sasaram
Kandahar
(Greek and Aramaic)
(Greek and Aramaic)
Yerragudi
Girnar
Dhauli
Khalsi
Sopara
Jaugada
Shahbazgarhi
Ai Khanoum
(Greek city)
(Greek city)
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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)
- Mahasthan, 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
- Lumbini (Rummindei), 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)
- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh (originally located at 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)
- Kandahar Greek Inscription (portions of Rock Edicts 12 and 13in Greek) and Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (bilingual Greek-Aramaic), in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
- Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script)
- Mansehra Rock Edicts, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script)
- Kalsi, near Chakrata, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand
- Girnar, near Junagadh, Gujarat (Ashoka's Major Rock Edict)
- Sopara, Thane district, Maharashtra (fragments Rock Edicts 8 and 9)
- Dhauli, near Bhubaneswar, Orissa (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11–13)
- Jaugada, Ganjam district, 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
- Delhi-Meerut, Delhi ridge, Delhi (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI; moved from Meerut to Delhi by 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
- Related topics
- Other similar topics
Notes
References
- Keay, John (2000). India, a History. New York, United States: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-00-638784-5.
Further reading
- 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. ISBN 978-81-317-1677-9.
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