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EDICTS OF KING ASOKA: A New Vision

By :- Meena Talim

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Type: English

Pages: xxxviii+354

ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-385-6

Place: New Delhi

Edition: 1st

Publisher: ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL

Size: 19cm x 25cm

Product Year: 2010

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King Asoka has come to be regarded as one of the most exemplary rulers in world history. His edicts, inscribed on rocks and pillars, proclaim Asoka?s reforms and policies and promulgate his advice to his subjects. The present book makes a pioneering attempt to provide the texts of Asoka?s edicts converted into Pali along with English translations and observations. The introduction discusses pertinent problems, viz: Dates of the edicts, why King Asoka did not eulogize Buddha?, who inscribed the edicts and how were they inscribed? For the first time all the edicts ? rock edicts, pillar edicts, cave edicts and edicts inscribed outside India ? have been studied together. In addition, tables of chronology of all the edicts have been enumerated. Also provided are the maps giving the exact location of the edicts. The present rendering of his edicts offers the reader insights into a powerful and capable ruler?s attempt to establish an empire on the formulation of righteousness, a reign which makes the moral and spiritual welfare of his subjects its primary concern. The volume would thus provide a peep into the life and personality of King Asoka and is bound to be an asset for the scholars, students and those interested in Ancient Indian History and Culture.

Introduction xi I. A. Asokan Major Rock Edicts ? Girnar 1 Edict No. I Edict No. II Edict No. III Edict No. IV Edict No. V Edict No. VI Edict No. VII Edict No. VIII Edict No. IX Edict No. X Edict No. XI Edict No. XII Edict No. XIII Edict No. XIV Fragment of Edict No. XIII B. Sopara Rock Edicts 69 Edict No. VIII Edict No. IX C. Kalinga Separate Rock Edicts 77 Kalinga Separate Rock Edicts No. I (Dhauli) Kalinga Separate Rock Edicts No. II (Dhauli) Jaugada Separate Rock Edicts No. I Jaugada Separate Rock Edicts No. II Sannati Separate Rock Edicts Nos. I and II II. Minor Rock Edicts 127 Ahraura Minor Rock Edict Bhabru-Calcutta-Bairat Minor Rock Edict Bahapur Minor Rock Edict (Calcutta) The Bairat Minor Rock Edict Brahmagiri Minor Rock Edict No. I Brahmagiri Minor Rock Edict No. II Erragudi Minor Rock Edict No. I Erragudi Minor Rock Edict No. II Gavimath Minor Rock Edict Gujjara Minor Rock Edict Jatinga-Ramesvara Minor Rock Edict Maski Minor Rock Edict Nittur Minor Rock Edict No. I Nittur Minor Rock Edict No. II Palkigundu Minor Rock Edict Panguraria Minor Rock Edict Rajula Mandagiri Minor Rock Edict No. I Rajula Mandagiri Minor Rock Edict No. II Rupanath Minor Rock Edict Sahasram Minor Rock Edict Siddapura Minor Rock Edict Udelgolam Minor Rock Edict III. Major Pillar Edicts: Delhi-Topra 227 Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. I Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. II Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. III Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. IV Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. V Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. VI Delhi-Topra Pillar Edict No. VII IV. Minor Pillar Edicts 269 Sarnath Minor Pillar Edict Kosambi Minor Pillar Edict Sanchi Minor Pillar Edict Queen?s Minor Pillar Edict Lumbini Minor Pillar Edict ? Pederia Nigliva Minor Pillar Edict V. A. Cave Edicts 297 Cave Edicts of Asoka Khalatika Hill Khalatika ? Guha Lekho Supriya Cave Edict B. Edicts of King Asoka, Outside India 307 Aramaic Inscriptions from Taxila The Aramaic Inscriptions of Asoka Found in Lampaka Aramaic Stone Inscription from Pul-I-Darunta (Laghman) Two Aramaic Rock Edicts from Laghman Aramaic Rock Inscription from Kandahar Greek and Aramaic Rock Inscriptions from Kandahar Graeco-Aramaic Inscription of Asoka near Kandahar Aramaic Inscription Greek and Aramaic Rock Inscriptions from Kandahar A New Greek Inscription of Asoka at Kandahar A Newly-Found Fragment of an Asokan Inscription C. Tables (I to VI) 337 All Edicts of Asoka ? At a Glance All Rock Edicts Minor Rock Edicts All Pillar Edicts (With Chronology) Edicts of King Asoka ? Chronology At a Glance The Scripts of Asokan Inscriptions Bibliography 345 Index 351

Dr. Meena Talim is the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in Pali from University of Mumbai (1960). She has retired as Professor and Head, Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Pali, St. Xavier?s College, Mumbai (1990). Her publications include Buddhavamso (1969), Woman in Early Buddhist Literature (1972), Bagh Paintings- Identification and Interpretation (2002), Science of Medicine and Surgery in Buddhist India (2009), Life of Women in Buddhist Literature (in press), Unidentified and Misinterpreted Painting of Ajanta, (forthcoming). She has also written seven books for children and contributed more than seventy-five research papers to reputed Indological journals and magazines. Dr. Talim is presently working as Honorary Professor at K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai and Visiting Professor at University of Mumbai, Mumbai.

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