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The Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman, also known as the Girnar Rock inscription of Rudradaman, is a Sanskrit prose inscribed on a rock by the Western Satraps ruler Rudradaman I. It is located near Girnar hill near Junagadh, Gujarat, India. The inscription is dated to shortly after 150 CE. [1]
Girnar is an ancient hill in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. It is one of the holiest pilgrimages for Jains, ... and inscription from 1188 CE at Girnar.
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]
The inscription reads: "In the year fifty-two, 50, 2; on the second day of the dark half of Phaguna, of (the reign of) the king Rudradāman, son of Jayadaman, (who was the grandson) of the king Caṣṭana, son of Ysamotika, (this) staff was raised in memory of Rishabhadeva, son of Sihila, of the Opasati gotra, by (his) brother, Madana, son of ...
The Kandahar Rock Inscription is bilingual Greek-Aramaic (but more often categorized as a Minor Rock Edict). The Kandahar Greek Edict of Ashoka is in Greek only, and originally probably contained all the Major Rock Edicts 1-14. Ashoka's edicts were the first written inscriptions in India after the ancient city of Harrapa fell to ruin. [11]
Most of these inscriptions are in the Girnar range (VS [I] 1288, VS 1289, VS 1293) and Abu (VS 1278, VS 1287, VS 1288, VS 1290, VS 1293, VS 1296) while a few are at the Taranga hills (VS 1285), Vaidyanatha-prashsti of Dabhoi (1255 CE) by Someshvara, Patan, Sherisa (VS 1285, near Ahmedabad), Khambhat (VS 1281), Nagara (VS 1292, near Khambhat ...
Location of Girnar in India. 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 ]
Stone Inscription of Ra'Mandlik (Samvat 1507) Uparkot: Junagadh Junagadh Upload Photo: S-GJ-118 Laskari Vav Uparkot: Junagadh Junagadh Upload Photo: S-GJ-119 Replica of Ashoka Stone Inscription On the way to Girnar Hill: Junagadh Junagadh Upload Photo