Discover the Legacy of Piyadasi (Ashoka)

Explore Ashokan sites, inscriptions, edicts, artifacts and the timeless message of Dhamma across India and Nepal.

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Bihar, India

Odisha, India

Gujarat, India

Lumbini Province, Nepal

Maharashtra, India

Odisha, India

322 BCE Chandragupta Maurya
Foundation of the Mauryan Empire.
304 BCE Bindusara
Expansion and consolidation under Bindusara.
268 BCE Ashoka Crowning
Ashoka ascends the Mauryan throne.
261 BCE Kalinga War
The war that transforms Ashoka toward Dhamma.
260 BCE Embrace of Dhamma
Ashoka turns to moral governance and Buddhist patronage.
250 BCE Rock & Pillar Edicts
Inscriptions erected across the empire.
249 BCE Pilgrimage to Lumbini
Ashoka visits the Buddha's birthplace.
232 BCE Ashoka's Passing
End of Ashoka's reign; legacy endures in stone.

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Fragment Major Rock Edict XIII (Kandahar Version: Initial Portion)
Kandahar I
Greek / Aramaic | Greek / Aramaic
Major Pillar Edict V (Delhi -Mirath Version)
Delhi-Meerut
Prakrit | Brahmi
Major Pillar Edict IV (Delhi -Mirath Version)
Delhi-Meerut
Prakrit | Brahmi
Major Pillar Edict III (Delhi -Mirath Version)
Delhi-Meerut
Prakrit | Brahmi
Major Pillar Edict II (Delhi -Mirath Version)
Delhi-Meerut
Prakrit | Brahmi

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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum (Vol. I)
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Alphabetical Arrangement of Asokan Edicts
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Edict-wise Names of Asokan Inscriptions
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