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Ashokan Inscriptions
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Ashokan Inscriptions
- Ashokan inscriptions are divided into various categories. The two main categories are the 14 major rock edicts and 6 (or 7 in one case) pillar edicts.
- The rock and pillar edicts are sets of inscriptions that occur, with minor variation, in different places.
- There are also several minor rock edicts, minor pillar edicts, and cave inscriptions.
- The minor rock edicts are among the earliest inscriptions, the major rock edicts later than them, and pillar edicts still later.
- Most of the inscriptions referred to A…
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Cultural Consequences
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Cultural Consequences
- Structures and Pottery
- The Shaka- Kushan phase saw a distinct advance in building activities.
- Exactions have revealed several layers of construction, sometimes over half a dozen, at various sites in north Indian.
- In them we find the use of burnt bricks for flooring and tiles for both flooring and roofing. However, the use of tiles may not have been adopted from outside.
- The period also saw the construction of brick-walls.
- The characteristic pottery is red ware, both plain and polished, with medium to fine f…
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