The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s8.15
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s8.15
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Jaugada—The fort of Jaugada, eighteen miles to the north west of Ganjam, contains an edict of Asoka inscribed upon a rock (Arch S Rep, vol XIII Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, vol I) The rock which bears the edict of Asoka (dating about 250 B C), is four miles to the west of Purushottamapur in the district of Ganjam, Madras Presidency, on the north bank of the Rishikulya (Ind Ant, I, 219)