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It is near the base of the Girnar mountain. The Rudradaman inscription is one of the three significant inscriptions found on the rock, dated to be the second in chronology. The oldest inscription is a version of Ashoka edicts, while the last and third inscription is of Skandagupta. The Rudradaman inscription is near the top, above the Ashoka ...
The association of the Major inscriptions with "Ashoka" is only a reconstruction based on the 3rd-4th century CE Dipavamsa which associates the name "Ashoka" with the name "Priyadarsi", and an extrapolation based on the fact that the name "Ashoka" appears with the title "Devanampriya" ("Beloved of the Gods") in a few of the Minor Rock Edicts. [2]
Ashoka's edicts were the first written inscriptions in India after the ancient city of Harrapa fell to ruin. [50] Due to the influence of Ashoka's Prakrit inscriptions, Prakrit would remain the main inscriptional language for the following centuries, until the rise of inscriptional Sanskrit from the 1st century CE. [47]
Girnar, near Junagadh, Gujarat (Ashoka's Major Rock Edict) Sopara , Thane district , Maharashtra (fragments Rock Edicts 8 and 9) Dhauli , near Bhubaneswar , Orissa (includes Kalinga Edict, excludes Rock Edicts 11–13)
It is also this inscription which made it possible to date the reign of Ashoka with a certain precision, between 260 and 230 BCE. [1] This Edict also appears, although in a less well preserved form, in the Girnar inscription, [6] and very damaged in the Mansehra inscription. [7]
Fourteen of Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts, dating to circa 250 BCE, are inscribed on a large boulder that is housed in a small building located outside the town of Junagadh on Saurashtra peninsula in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located on Girnar Taleti road, at about 2 km (1.2 mi) far from Uperkot Fort easterly, some 2 km before Girnar Taleti.
Tushaspa is mentioned in Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman (150 CE). Tushaspa (Brahmi: Tuṣāspha) was a "Yavana raja" (Greek King or Governor) for Emperor Ashoka, in the area of Girnar, near Junagadh, in Gujarat, India. [1]
About 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Junagadh and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the foot of Girnar Hill is an edict of Emperor Ashoka, inscribed on an uneven rock and dating from the 3rd century BC. The Ashokan edicts impart moral instructions on dharma , harmony, tolerance, and peace.