Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s3.46
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s3.46
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c14.s3.46
The inscriptions near Kālsī and those on the Rummindeī and the Nigālī Sāgar pillars prove the inclusion of the Dehra-Dūn District and the Tarāi within the limits of Aśoka’s Empire, while the monuments at Lalitapātan and Rāmpurwā attest his possession of the valley of Nepāl and the district of Champāran. Further evidence of the inclusion of the Himālayan region within Aśoka's empire is possibly furnished by Rock Edict XIII which refers to the Nābhapaṁtis of Nābhaka, probably identical with Na-pei-kea of Fa Hien,¹ the birthplace of Krakuchchhanda Buddha, about 10 miles south or south-west of Kapilavastu.²