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List of Pillars: Vaishali, Sankissa, Lauriya Nandangarth

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Vaishali

It has a single lion, with no inscription.

Vaishali Lion Vaishali Pill

Sankissa

  • Located in Uttar Pradesh.
  • It has an elephant capital.
  • It is mainly unpolished except abacus, which is partly polished.
Sankissa Elephant

Lauriya Nandangarth

  • Lauriya Nandangarth, Bihar has single lion capital.
  • It is made up of polished sandstone and is 32 feet high.
  • Pillar is inscribed with edicts of Ashoka
Lauriya Nandangarth Piller and Lion Capital
  • Kandhar
    • Located in Afghanistan
    • The fragments of pillar edict VII are present written in Greek language.
  • Ranigat

    Found near Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

  • Delhi-Meerut

    This was moved from Meerut to Delhi by Firuz Shah Tughluq in 1356.

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List of Pillar Edicts - Allahabad Pillar

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List of Pillar Edicts

Nigali-Sagar

  • Located near Lumbini, Rupandehi district, Nepal.
  • This inscription gives reference to the repairs and expansions that took regarding the size of the previous stupa (pillar was referred to as stupa) of Buddha called the Konakama in 254 BC, the personal visit of Emperor Ashoka and his offering of prayer in 249 BC.
  • The Chinese pilgrims Fa-Hien and Hiuen-Tsang describe the Konakama Stupa and the Asoka Pillar in their travel accounts. Hiuen Tsang speaks of a lion capital atop the pillar, now lost.
Nigali Sagar

Allahabad Pillar (Ashoka Stambha)

  • This pillar has Ashokan inscription as well as inscriptions attributed to Samudragupta and Jahangir.
  • This was originally located in Koshambi but …

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