Lauriya Araraj

Lauriya-Araraj pillar of Ashoka
The Lauriya Araraj Pillar of Ashoka, East Champaran District.
Material	Polished sandstone
Period/culture	3rd Century BCE
Discovered	26° 33′ 0.82″ N 84° 38′ 51.29″ E
Place	Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, India.
Present location	Lauriya Araraj, India
Lauriya Araraj

26°33′01″N 84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E / 26.550227; 84.647581 Lauriya Araraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India.

It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka.^[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka.^[2]

Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55 km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at Lauriya Nandangarh.

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  An inscription of Ashoka on the pillar.
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  Rest of the inscription by Ashoka.
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  Ashoka Major Pillar Edicts on the pillar.
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  Various inscriptions on the pillar.

References

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This page was last edited on 21 May 2022, at 04:23