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# The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c22.s7: VII. Minor Pillar Edicts

The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c22.s7

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### VII. Minor Pillar Edicts

### [c22.s7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c22.s7.1)

(1) Sārnāth.—Vogel, discussion with facs. in \*Ep. Ind.\*, viii (1905–6), p. 168; Senart, \*Comptes rendus de l’Acad. des Inscriptions\*, 1907, p. 25; Venis. \*J. & Proc. A. S. B.\*, vol. iii, N.S. (1907); Norman, ibid., vol. iv (1908); Boyer, \*J. Asiatique\*, t. x (1907), p. 119. See also Thomas, \*J. R. A. S.\*, 1915, p. 112.

### [c22.s7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c22.s7.2)

(2) Kauśāmbī.—Senart transcribed it in \*Ind. Ant.\*, xviii (1889), p. 309; facs. and transcript by Bühler, ibid., xix (1890), p. 126.

### [c22.s7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c22.s7.3)

(3) Sāñchī.—Bühler ed. and transl. in \*Ep. Ind.\*, ii, 87, 367, 369; Hultzsch, \*J. R. A. S.\*, 1911, p. 167.

### [c22.s7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c22.s7.4)

(4) Queen’s Edict.—Bühler ed. and transl. in \*Ep. Ind.\*, ii, 87, 367; and further revision in \*Ind. Ant.\*, xix (1890), p. 125. Emendation by Hultzsch, \*J. R. A. S.\*, 1911, p. 1113. Senart, revised, ed., and transl. in \*Ind. Ant.\*, xviii (1889), p. 308.

### [c22.s7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.smith-1924.c22.s7.5)

The interpretation is connected with that of the Minor Rock Edicts, which see. For description of the pillar, see \*Annual Rep. Arch. S.\*, 1904–5, pp. 36, 68.

## Linked texts (7)

- [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei)
- [Minor Rock Edicts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka.mre)
- [Indian Antiquary](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ia)
- [Queen's edict](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.asoka.mpe.queen) — Prakrit
- [Kauśāmbī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.kausambi)
- [Sārnāth](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sarnath)
- [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi)

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