Ashokan Edicts and Pillars

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1. ShahbazgarhiPakistanMajor Rock Edicts near Mardan; with Mansehra, the only Ashokan edicts written in the Kharosthi script.
2. MansehraPakistanMajor Rock Edicts in Hazara; the second Kharosthi copy of the fourteen edicts.
3. KalsiUttarakhandMajor Rock Edicts near Dehradun on the Yamuna; the north-western copy of the fourteen.
4. GirnarGujaratMajor Rock Edicts at the foot of Girnar hill near Junagadh.
5. SoparaMaharashtraFragments of the Major Rock Edicts at ancient Surparaka, the old port near Mumbai.
6. DhauliOdishaNear Bhubaneswar; the separate Kalinga Edicts replace Major Rock Edicts XI to XIII here.
7. JaugadaOdishaIn Ganjam on the Rushikulya; the second set of the separate Kalinga Edicts.
8. YerragudiAndhra PradeshIn Kurnool; carries both Major and Minor Rock Edicts on the same hill.
9. MaskiKarnatakaMinor Rock Edict in Raichur that actually names "Ashoka"; most copies say only Devanampiya Piyadasi.
10. GujjaraMadhya PradeshMinor Rock Edict naming Ashoka, at Gujarra village in Datia district of Bundelkhand.
11. Brahmagiri-SiddapuraKarnatakaMinor Rock Edicts at Brahmagiri, Siddapura and Jatinga-Rameshwara in Chitradurga district.
12. Gavimath-PalkigunduKarnatakaMinor Rock Edicts on the Gavimath and Palkigundu hills near the Koppal fort.
13. BairatRajasthanMinor Rock Edict at Viratnagara, the old Matsya capital near Jaipur.
14. SasaramBiharMinor Rock Edict on the Kaimur hill spur near Sasaram, Rohtas district.
15. RupnathMadhya PradeshMinor Rock Edict on the Kaimur hills near Padariya, Katni district (Jabalpur region).
16. AhrauraUttar PradeshMinor Rock Edict in Mirzapur district, on the route between the Ganga plain and the south.
17. Topra KalanHaryanaPillar Edict; Firuz Shah Tughlaq carried this pillar to Delhi, where it stands at Firoz Shah Kotla.
18. MeerutUttar PradeshPillar Edict; the Meerut pillar was likewise moved to Delhi by Firuz Shah Tughlaq and stands on the Ridge.
19. Lauriya-ArarajBiharPillar Edict in East Champaran; with Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva it forms the Champaran pillar group.
20. Lauriya-NandangarhBiharPillar Edict in West Champaran; the best-preserved of all the Ashokan pillars, with its lion capital in place.
21. RampurvaBiharPillar Edicts in West Champaran; its bull capital is now in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
22. Allahabad pillarUttar PradeshPillar Edict, originally at Kaushambi, now inside Allahabad Fort.
23. SarnathUttar PradeshThe lion capital, India's national emblem, crowned the pillar at the Deer Park.
24. SanchiMadhya PradeshThe Schism Edict pillar at Sanchi; the Great Stupa beside it was begun in brick by Ashoka.
25. LumbiniNepalThe Rummindei pillar records that the Buddha was born here ("here the Buddha was born").
26. KanaganahalliKarnatakaNot an edict: a stupa relief near Sannati on the Bhima, labelling a royal portrait "Ranyo Ashoka".
27. SohgauraUttar PradeshA Mauryan-era copper-plate record from Gorakhpur, in Brahmi.