All sorts of ideas have been put forward over the decades. Iron pillar of Delhi or Ashoka Pillar is 7 meters high structure in the Qutub Minar complex in Delhi, India. saiko3p – stock.adobe.com ...

Visitors will be introduced to the iconic Ashoka Pillar, inscribed with the Prayag edicts of Emperor Samudragupta, showcasing the rich heritage and legacy of ancient India. As part of this ...

This fragment comes from one of the pillars erected throughout India by the Emperor Ashoka around 240 BC. The type of writing used for the inscription is known as 'Brahmi' and forms the basis for ...

For Ashoka ordered: “(Wherever) there are stone pillars, it (his edicts) must be caused to be engraved on them.” Ashoka’s ...

These are known as the Edicts of Ashoka. The mentioned columns, known as Ashoka Pillars although formerly called Dhaṃma thaṃbhā (Pillars of Dharma), constitute a characteristic element of Mauryan art.

Colombo, January 31 (ANI): India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the construction of the King Ashoka’s Pillar of Dharma at the Rajaguru Sri ...

Libby Purves meets actor Brian Cox and singer June Tabor. Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC) erected in Uttar Pradesh, India In 1947 on her 21st birthday ...

Reinforcement of the deep cultural connect! HC @santjha laid the Foundation Stone for the construction of King Ashoka's Pillar of Dharma at the sacred RajaGuru Sri Subuthi Waskaduwa Maha Viharaya.

Ashoka and his high ministers took occa­sional tours through the kingdom to check on the welfare of the people and see how his edicts were being fulfilled. According to one pillar, the ministers ...