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Indian Palaeography c12.s10: List of Aśokan Inscriptions

Indian Palaeography c12.s10

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List of Aśokan Inscriptions

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A. *Rock Edicts* (abbreviated as R.E.)

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(i) The Girnar R.E. in Junagarh, Bombay State.

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(ii) The Kalasi R.E. in Dehra Dun district, U.P.
(iii) The Dhauli R.E. in Puri district, Orissa.
(iv) The Jaugad R.E. in Ganjam district, Andhra.
(v) The Bombay Sopara Fragment in Thana district, Bombay State. Hultzsch published only the fragment of R.E. VIII. R.E. IX is published in *Indian Archaeology, A Review*, 1956–7, Delhi, p. 73, pl. LXXXIXA.
(vi) Erragudi R.E. in Bellary district, Madras. Only R.E. IV and VIII are published in *An. Rep. A.S.I.*, 1928–9, pl. LXI.

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The R.E. in Kharoshṭhī

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(vii) The Shahbazgarhi R.E. in Peshawar district, West Pakistan.

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(viii) The Mansehra R.E. in Hazara district, West Pakistan.

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B. *The Pillar Edicts* (abbreviated as P.E.)

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(i) The Delhi Topra pillar.

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(ii) The Delhi Mirath pillar.
(iii) The Lauriya Araraj and Lauriya Nandangarh pillars in Champaran district, Bihar.
(iv) The Rampurva pillar in Champaran district, Bihar.
(v) The Allahabad Kosam pillar.

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C. *The Minor Pillar Inscriptions* (abbreviated as M.P.I.)
(i) The Sanchi pillar in Bhopal, M.P.
(ii) The Sarnath pillar in Banaras district, U.P.
(iii) The Rummindei pillar in the Nepalese Terai.
(iv) The Nigali Sagar pillar in the Nepalese Terai.

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The following two inscriptions engraved on the Allahabad-Kosam pillar are included in this category:

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(v) The Queen’s P.E.
(vi) The Kauśāmbi P.E.

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D. *The Minor Rock Inscriptions* (abbreviated as M.R.I.)
(i) The Rupnath rock inscription in Jabalpur district, M.P.
(ii) The Sahasram rock inscription in Shahabad district, Bihar.
(iii) The Bairat rock inscription in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
(iv) The Calcutta Bairat slab inscription or The Bhabhru Edict.
(v) The Maski rock inscription in Raichur district, Mysore.
(vi) Erragudi M.R.I. in Karnul district, Madras, published in *I.H.Q.*, 1933, pp. 114–20; and also ibid., 1931, pp. 737–40.
(vii) Rajula Mandagiri M.R.I. in Bellary district, Madras, published in *Epigraphia Indica*, xxxi, no. 28. (viii) Gujarra M.R.I., published in *Epigraphia Indica*, xxxi, no. 27. (ix–xi) The Brahmagiri, Siddhapur, and Jatinga Rameśvara M.R.I. in Chitaldrug district, Mysore.
(xii) The Barabar Hill cave inscriptions (three in number) in Gaya district, Bihar.

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