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Ashoka's Pillars: Edicts in Stone Across an Empire

Ashoka's Pillars: Edicts in Stone Across an Empire

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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Ashoka the Great's famous pillars — towering monolithic columns inscribed with his Dhamma edicts, erected across the Maurya Empire in the 3rd century BCE. They discuss the engineering marvel of quarrying, transporting, and polishing sandstone pillars weighing up to 50 tons, with the famous single-piece capitals like the four-lion capital at Sarnath. Lucas explains the role of the pillars as public monuments, the use of Prakrit and Brahmi script to reach common people, and how the edicts promoted non-violence, religious tolerance, and moral governance. The conversation also touches on the Greek connection — the Aramaic and Greek inscriptions found at Kandahar — and the enduring legacy of Ashoka's pillars as symbols of Indian statecraft. From the single pillar at Lauriya Araraj to the seven surviving complete pillars, this episode uncovers the sophistication of ancient Indian stoneworking and the political genius of ruling through rhetoric carved in rock. #Ashoka #MauryaEmpire #PillarEdicts #BrahmiScript #Prakrit #Sarnath #LauriyaAraraj #Kandahar #Aramaic #GreekInscriptions #Dhamma #AncientIndia #StoneCarving #Epigraphy #History #FexingoHistory #Buddhism #EmperorAshoka Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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