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Ashoka's Rock Edicts: The First Public Inscriptions

Ashoka's Rock Edicts: The First Public Inscriptions

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In episode 164 of Religion and Empire, Lucas and Luna explore a revolutionary technology of ancient statecraft: the rock edicts of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka. Carved into cliffs and pillars across the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE, these inscriptions are the earliest surviving written documents of South Asia. Lucas explains how Ashoka used the medium of stone to broadcast his policy of Dhamma — a moral code of non-violence, tolerance, and social welfare — to a vast, multi-ethnic empire. The episode dives into the practical challenges of carving messages in Prakrit, Greek, and Aramaic, the logistics of distributing edicts from Pataliputra to Kandahar, and the 'edicts in the wild' that were rediscovered only in the 19th century. Listeners learn about the Major Rock Edicts, the Pillar Edicts, and the unique Kandahar bilingual inscription. Lucas also reveals how Ashoka's use of public writing may have been inspired by the Persians — and how it set a precedent for later rulers from the Guptas to the Mughals. #Ashoka #MauryaEmpire #RockEdicts #Dhamma #BrahmiScript #Kharosthi #Aramaic #Greek #Kandahar #Prakrit #Pataliputra #Pillaredicts #AncientIndia #Buddhism #Epigraphy #History #FexingoHistory #WorldHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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