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Kandahar Greek Inscription (portions of Rock Edicts 12 and 13in Greek) and Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (bilingual Greek-Aramaic), in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script) Mansehra Rock Edicts, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan (in Kharosthi script)
Shahbaz Garhi, or Shahbazgarhi, is a village and historic site located in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is at an altitude of 293 metres (964 feet). [1] It is about 12 km from Mardan city. It has mountains, green trees, open fields and a small river in the centre of the village.
The Dhauli Major Rock Inscription of Ashoka. The front is shaped as an elephant. Dhauli, Khordha district of Odisha, India. The major rock edits of Ashoka include: [4] [5] Rock Edict I Prohibits animal slaughter. Bans festive gatherings and killings of animals. Only two peacocks and one deer were killed in Asoka’s kitchen.
The first known inscription by Ashoka, the Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, in Greek and in Aramaic, written in the 10th year of his reign (260 BCE). [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The Edicts are divided into four categories, according to their size (Minor or Major) and according to their medium (Rock or Pillar).
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Northwestern: The inscriptions at Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra written in the Kharosthi script: retain etymological r and l as distinct; do not merge the nasals; do not merge the sibilants (s, ś, ṣ); metathesis of liquids in consonant clusters (e.g. Sanskrit dharma > Shahbazgarhi dhrama). These features are shared with the modern Dardic ...
The words inscription of the dharma (Prakrit: 𐨢𐨌𐨨𐨡𐨁𐨤𐨁, romanized: dhrāma dipu) in Edict No. 1 of the Major Rock Edict of Ashoka (circa 250 BCE). [14] Kharosthi is mostly written right to left. Some variations in both the number and order of syllables occur in extant texts. [citation needed]
The Ashokan inscription is in Brahmi and is dated around 232 BC. A later inscription attributed to the second king of the Gupta empire, Samudragupta, is in the more refined Gupta script, a later version of Brahmi, and is dated to around 375 AD. This inscription lists the extent of the empire that Samudragupta built during his long reign.