Lauriya Araraj
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Lauriya-Araraj pillar of Ashoka | |
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Material | Polished sandstone |
Period/culture | 3rd Century BCE |
Discovered | 26° 33′ 0.82″ N 84° 38′ 51.29″ E |
Place | Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, India. |
Present location | Lauriya Araraj, India |
Lauriya Araraj |
Coordinates: 26°33′01″N 84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E Lauriya Araraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India.
It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka.[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka.[2]
Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at Lauriya Nandangarh.
An inscription of Ashoka on the pillar.
Rest of the inscription by Ashoka.
Ashoka Major Pillar Edicts on the pillar.
Various inscriptions on the pillar.
References[]
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Edicts of Ashoka (Ruled 269–232 BCE) | |||||
Regnal years of Ashoka |
Type of Edict (and location of the inscriptions) |
Geographical location | |||
Year 8 | End of the Kalinga war and conversion to the "Dharma" | Udegolam Nittur Brahmagiri Jatinga Rajula Mandagiri Sasaram Barabar Kandahar Khalsi Shahbazgarhi Topra Araraj,Rampurva Rampurva Ai Khanoum (Greek city) | |||
Year 10[1] | Minor Rock Edicts | 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 | |||
Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (in Greek and Aramaic, Kandahar) | |||||
Minor Rock Edicts in Aramaic: Laghman Inscription, Taxila inscription | |||||
Year 11 and later | 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) | ||||
Year 12 and later[1] | Barabar Caves inscriptions | Major Rock Edicts | |||
Minor Pillar Edicts | 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) | ||||
Schism Edict, Queen's Edict (Sarnath Sanchi Allahabad) Lumbini inscription, Nigali Sagar inscription | |||||
Year 26, 27 and later[1] |
Major Pillar Edicts | ||||
In Indian language: Major Pillar Edicts No.1 ~ No.7 (Allahabad pillar Delhi pillar Topra Kalan Rampurva Lauria Nandangarh Lauriya-Araraj Amaravati) Derived inscriptions in Aramaic, on rock: | |||||
Categories:
- Monumental columns in India
- Indian inscriptions
- History of Bihar
- Edicts of Ashoka
- Archaeological sites in Bihar