Year Era Month Day
C.E. Ruler Aśoka Dynasty
Owner/donor Donor status
Subject School Type Royal Edict Type Royal Edict
Medium Stone Findspot Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Last known location Shahbazgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Editions Woolner 1924: 20–2; Hultzsch 1925: 63, pls. facing 56, 57 Other refs.
Comments
Asoka Text and Glossary
Inscriptions of Asoka

23. (A)Devana[ṃ]priyo Priyadraśi raya evaṃ hahati (B)nasti ed[i]śaṃ danaṃ yadiśaṃ dhrama­dana dhrama­saṃstav[e] dh[r]ama­saṃvibhago dh[r]ama­saṃba[ṃ]dha (C)tatra etaṃ dasa­bhaṭakanaṃ saṃmma­paṭipati mata­pituṣu suśruṣa mi[t]ra­saṃstuta­ñatikanaṃ śramaṇa­bramaṇana

24. dana praṇana anara[ṃ]bho (D)etaṃ vatavo pituna pi putrena pi bhratuna pi [spa]mikena pi mitra­saṃstutana ava prativeśiyena [i]ma[ṃ] sadhu imaṃ kaṭavo (E)so tatha karata[ṃ] ialoka ca a[ra]dheti paratra ca anataṃ puña prasavati

25. [te]na dhrama­danena

Source: Hultzsch 1925
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