Edicts of Ashoka
(Ruled 269–232 BCE)
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Regnal years
of Ashoka
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Type of Edict
(and location of the inscriptions)
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Geographical location
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| Year 8
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End of the Kalinga War and conversion to the "Dharma"
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| Year 10[1]
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Minor Rock Edicts
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Related events:
Visit to the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya
Construction of the Mahabodhi Temple and Diamond throne in Bodh Gaya
Predication throughout India.
Dissenssions in the Sangha
Third Buddhist Council
In Indian language: Sohgaura inscription
Erection of the Pillars of Ashoka
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Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription
(in Greek and Aramaic, Kandahar)
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Minor Rock Edicts in Aramaic:
Laghman Inscription, Taxila inscription
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| Year 11 and later
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Minor Rock Edicts (n°1, n°2 and n°3)
(Panguraria, Maski, Palkigundu and Gavimath, Bahapur/Srinivaspuri, Bairat, Ahraura, Gujarra, Sasaram, Rajula Mandagiri, Yerragudi, Udegolam, Nittur, Brahmagiri, Siddapur, Jatinga-Rameshwara)
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| Year 12 and later[1]
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Barabar Caves inscriptions
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Major Rock Edicts
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| Minor Pillar Edicts
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Major Rock Edicts in Greek: Edicts n°12-13 (Kandahar)
Major Rock Edicts in Indian language:
Edicts No.1 ~ No.14
(in Kharoshthi script: Shahbazgarhi, Mansehra Edicts
(in Brahmi script: Kalsi, Girnar, Sopara, Sannati, Yerragudi, Delhi Edicts)
Major Rock Edicts 1–10, 14, Separate Edicts 1&2:
(Dhauli, Jaugada)
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Schism Edict, Queen's Edict
(Sarnath Sanchi Allahabad)
Lumbini inscription, Nigali Sagar inscription
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Year 26, 27
and later[1]
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Major Pillar Edicts
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In Indian language:
Major Pillar Edicts No.1 ~ No.7
(Allahabad pillar Delhi-Meerut Delhi-Topra Rampurva Lauria Nandangarh Lauriya-Araraj Amaravati)
Derived inscriptions in Aramaic, on rock:
Kandahar, Edict No.7[2][3] and Pul-i-Darunteh, Edict No.5 or No.7[3]
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