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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Start with the map, then dive into inscriptions, timeline and media.
Featured Sites
Highlighted Ashokan locations from the client site list.
Bibliography
Selected books and references on Aśoka.
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BAśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
Romila Thapar · 2012 · Oxford University Press
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BInscriptions of Asoka
E. Hultzsch (editor) · 1925 · Archaeological Survey of India
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BInscriptions of Asoka
D. C. Sircar · 1998 · Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India
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BAśokan Sites and Artefacts: A Source-Book with Bibliography
Harry Falk · 2006 · Verlag Philipp von Zabern
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BThe Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna
John S. Strong · 1983 · Princeton University Press
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BThe Mahāvaṃsa or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon
Wilhelm Geiger (translator)
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BBuddhist India
T. W. Rhys Davids · 1903 · T. Fisher Unwin
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BA History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century
Upinder Singh · 2008 · Pearson Longman
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BA History of India
Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund
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BAsoka
Radhakumud Mookerji
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BAsoka
D. R. Bhandarkar · 1955
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BAsoka's Edicts
A. Sen · 1956
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BAsoka and His Inscriptions
Beni Madhab Barua
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BAsoka: A Definitive Biography
Ananda W. P. Guruge · 1993
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BThe Edicts of Asoka
N. A. Nikam and Richard McKeon (translators/editors) · 1959 · University of Chicago Press
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BThe Edicts of King Asoka: An English Rendering
Ven. S. Dhammika · Buddhist Publication Society (Wheel Publication)
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BAśoka
Kumkum Roy, Romila Thapar, and Naina Dayal · Oxford Bibliographies
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BThe Asiatic Society, Kolkata: Inscriptions Collection
The Asiatic Society · The Asiatic Society, Kolkata
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BArchaeological Survey of India: Patna Circle
Archaeological Survey of India · Government of India
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BThe Lion Capital of Sarnath: Government of India heritage information
Press Information Bureau, Government of India · Government of India
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BThe Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds: Book Catalogue
Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds (VMIS) · Government of India cultural resource
Related Sites / Non-Asokan
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RBaigacha
Related site — Baigacha, Bangladesh.
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RBangarh
Related / Non-Asokan site — Bangarh.
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RCalcutta-Bairat (Kolkata)
Related — Calcutta-Bairat stone now in Kolkata.
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RGotihawa
Related / Non-Asokan site in Nepal.
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RGuntupalli
Related / Non-Asokan site — Guntupalli.
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RKumrahar
Kumrahar, located in Patna, Bihar, is historically significant as part of ancient Patalip…
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RMahasthan
Related site — Mahasthan, Bangladesh.
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RNagarjuni Caves
Related / Non-Asokan — Nagarjuni caves near Barabar.
Documents
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PDFEdict-wise Asokan Inscriptions
Client-supplied edict-wise Asokan inscriptions document.
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PDFSpeaking Stones — Project Publications (placeholder)
Placeholder for site-owner publications — replace with final PDF/URL when ready.
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PDFCorpus Inscriptionum Indicarum — Vol. I (placeholder)
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. I — Inscriptions of Asoka (Hultzsch).
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PDFAsokan Sites and Artefacts — Harry Falk (placeholder)
Aśokan Sites and Artefacts — Harry Falk (reference record).
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PDFAshoka: The Portrait of a Philosopher King — Olivelle (placeholder)
Reference link for Ashokan scholarship (Oxford Academic / related titles).
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PDFCorpus Inscriptionum Indicarum (Vol. I)
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. I — Inscriptions of Asoka (Hultzsch).
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Do You Know?
Q. The image of Asoka found at Kanaganahalli is not a realistic image of the ruler
A. It is the idea of Asoka created more than 400 years later. Memories of a Buddhist ruler led to the creation of his sculpture in the Mahastupa at Kanaganahalli around the 2nd century CE. Here he is depicted along with his two wives and attendants.
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