Category:Edicts of Ashoka

**Edicts of Ashoka**
	3rd century BCE inscriptions in South Asia
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Subclass of	inscription; archaeological artefact;
Named after	Ashoka;
Genre	Early Indian epigraphy;
Location	Nepal; India; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Bangladesh;
Has part(s)	pillars of Ashoka;
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<nowiki>Edictos de Ashoka; Asóka rendeletei; የአሾካ አዋጆች; Ashokaren ediktuaren idazkuna; edictes d'Aixoka; Edikte des Ashoka; احکام آشوکا; 阿育王詔書; Asoka Fermanları; アショーカ王碑文; Ashokas inskrifter; Едикти Ашоки; अशोक के अभिलेख; 아소카의 칙령; অশোকৰ অনুশাসন; Ašókovy edikty; அசோகர் கல்வெட்டுக்கள்; अशोक के आदेशलेख; অশোকের শিলালিপি; édits d'Ashoka; अशोकाचे शिलालेख; Éditos de Ashoka; Ašokos ediktai; Ašokovi edikti; ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ਦੇ ਫ਼ਰਮਾਨ; צווי אשוקה; Ashokas edikter; Edik-edik Asoka; Asjokaedikta; അശോക ശിലാശാസനങ്ങൾ; Edicten van Asoka; اشوک کے کتبے; Надписи Ашоки; ಅಶೋಕನ ಶಾಸನಗಳು; اشوک دے کتبے; Edicts of Ashoka; مراسيم أشوكا; Ήδικτα του Ασόκα; Editti di Aśoka; editti fatti iscrivere in epigrafi dall'imperatore maurya Ashoka nel subcontinente indiano (III secolo a.C.); সম্রাট অশোকের স্তম্ভে শিলালিপির সংগ্রহ; K.a. III. mendeko Indiako Ashoka enperadorearen ediktuaren idazkuna; मगध साम्राज्याचा राज्यकर्ता राहिलेल्या सम्राट अशोक याचे शिलालेख.; Texte aus der Zeit der Regentschaft des Kaisers Ashoka; 남아시아의 기원전 3세기 비문; 3rd century BCE inscriptions in South Asia; قطع أثرية; odredbe, ki jih je na indijski podcelini v epigrafe zapisal maurski cesar Ašoka (3. stoletje pred našim štetjem); Asoka fermanları; Ashokaren ediktua; Надписи ашоки; Эдикты Ашоки; अशोक के आदेश; Ashoka-Säulen; Ashoka-Edikte; Éditos de Asoka; Ashoka rock edicts; Asoka rock edicts; 阿育王詔令; Ašókovy skalní nápisy; Ašókovy nápisy; Edikty Ašóky; Ašókovy skalní edikty; Διατάγματα του Ασόκα</nowiki>

The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty during his reign from 269 BCE to 231 BCE. These inscriptions are dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan and represent the first tangible evidence of Buddhism. The edicts describe in detail the first wide expansion of Buddhism through the sponsorship of one of the most powerful kings of Indian history. According to the edicts, the extent of Buddhist proselytism during this period reached as far as the Mediterranean, and many Buddhist monuments were created.