Verified34.3300° N · 73.2000° E · 1100 m
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription
Mauryan (260 BCE)·Mauryan (Ashoka)·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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About Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Mauryan (260 BCE) rock_art attributed to Mauryan (Ashoka). Southern inscription boulder south of Mansehra 14 Edicts hill. Mansehra 14 Edicts on 3 boulders, Kharoshthi with commissionaire Hultsch 1914.
Why it mattersKey Gandharan–Kushan monastery illustrating Buddhist expansion
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Gandhara art evolution
- 02Kushan imperial network
Theories
- 01Monastic economy
- 02Greco-Buddhist fusion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 260 BCE
- Period
- Mauryan (260 BCE)
- Culture
- Mauryan (Ashoka)
- Purpose
- Southern inscription boulder south of Mansehra 14 Edicts hill
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 260 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
34.3300° N · 73.2000° E · 1100 m · 3 mapped features
Mansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription — Main Inscribed Boulder
boulderBoulder with edicts
34.3301° N · 73.2001° EMansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription — Quarry Face
faceQuarry source face
34.3298° N · 73.2001° EMansehra — Ashokan Rock Edict South Inscription — Secondary Boulder
boulder2Second boulder
34.3304° N · 73.1998° E