List of edicts of Ashoka

The following is an overview of Edicts of Ashoka, and where they are located.

List of the Edicts of Ashoka
Created	3rd century BCE
Present location	India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh
Location
Bahapur Gujarra Saru Maru Udegolam Nittur Maski Siddapur Brahmagiri Jatinga Pakilgundu Rajula Mandagiri Yerragudi Sasaram Rupnath Bairat Bhabru Ahraura Barabar Taxila (Aramaic) Mahasthan Laghman (Aramaic) Maski Palkigundu Gavimath Jatinga/Rameshwara Rajula/Mandagiri Brahmagiri Udegolam Siddapur Nittur Ahraura Sasaram Kandahar (Greek and Aramaic) Kandahar Yerragudi Girnar Dhauli Khalsi Sopara Jaugada Shahbazgarhi Mansehra Sannati Sarnath Sanchi Lumbini Nigali Sagar Nigali Sagar Nandangarh Kosambi Topra Meerut Araraj Araraj,Rampurva Rampurva 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

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

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