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|align=center colspan=6 style="background:#ccf; font-size: 130%;"| '''[[Edicts of Ashoka]]'''<br /><small>(Ruled 269&ndash;232 BCE)</small>
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|colspan=1 align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''Regnal years<br />of [[Ashoka]]'''
|colspan=4 align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''Type of Edict<br />(and location of the inscriptions)'''
|colspan=1 align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''Geographical location'''
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|align=center rowspan=1|Year 8
|colspan=4 align=center|''End of the [[Kalinga war]] and conversion to the "[[Philosophy:Dharma|Dharma]]"''
|align=center colspan=1 rowspan=10|{{Map of the Edicts of Ashoka}}
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|align=center rowspan=3|Year 10<ref name="Yailenko">Yailenko,Les maximes delphiques d'Aï Khanoum et la formation de la doctrine du dhamma d'Asoka, 1990, [https://www.persee.fr/doc/dha_0755-7256_1990_num_16_1_1467 p.&nbsp;243].</ref>
|align=left colspan=1  align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''[[Minor Rock Edicts]]'''
|colspan=3 align=center rowspan=4|'''Related events:'''<br />Visit to the [[Bodhi tree]] in [[Bodh Gaya]]<br />Construction of the [[Mahabodhi Temple]] and [[Diamond throne]] in Bodh Gaya<br />Predication throughout India.<br />Dissenssions in the [[Philosophy:Sangha|Sangha]]<br />[[Third Buddhist Council]]<br />In Indian language: [[Sohgaura copper plate inscription|Sohgaura inscription]]<br />Erection of the [[Pillars of Ashoka]]
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|colspan=1 align=center bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|[[Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription]]<br /><small>(in [[Social:Greek language|Greek]] and [[Aramaic]], [[Kandahar]])</small>
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|colspan=1 align=center bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|Minor Rock Edicts in [[Aramaic]]:<br />[[Aramaic Inscription of Laghman|Laghman Inscription]], [[Aramaic Inscription of Taxila|Taxila inscription]]
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|align=center rowspan=1|Year 11 and later
|align=center bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|[[Minor Rock Edicts|Minor Rock Edicts (n°1, n°2 and n°3)]]<br /><small>([[Saru Maru|Panguraria]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Rock Edict, Maski|Maski]], [[Palkigundu and Gavimath, Koppal|Palkigundu and Gavimath]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Bahapur, Delhi|Bahapur/Srinivaspuri]], [[Bairat Temple|Bairat]], [[Ahraura]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Gujarra|Gujarra]], [[Sasaram]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edicts, Rajula Mandagiri|Rajula Mandagiri]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Yerragudi|Yerragudi]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Udegolam|Udegolam]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Nittur|Nittur]], [[Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Brahmagiri|Brahmagiri]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Siddapur|Siddapur]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Jatinga Rameshwara|Jatinga-Rameshwara]])</small>
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| rowspan=3 align=center|Year 12 and later<ref name="Yailenko"/>
|colspan=1 rowspan=1 align=center  bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|'''[[Barabar Caves|Barabar Caves inscriptions]]'''
|colspan=3 align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd" width="40%"|'''[[Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts|Major Rock Edicts]]'''
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|colspan=1 rowspan=1 align=center  bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''[[Minor Pillar Edicts]]'''
|colspan=3 rowspan=2 align=center  bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|Major Rock Edicts in Greek: [[Kandahar Greek Edict of Ashoka|Edicts n°12-13]] ([[Kandahar]])<br /><br />Major Rock Edicts in Indian language:<br />[[Major Rock Edicts|Edicts No.1 ~ No.14]]<br /><small>(in [[Kharoshthi]] script: [[Shahbaz Garhi|Shahbazgarhi]], [[Mansehra Rock Edicts|Mansehra Edicts]]</small><br /><small>(in [[Social:Brahmi script|Brahmi script]]: [[Khalsi inscription|Kalsi]], [[Girnar]], [[Sopara]], [[Sannati]], [[:Commons:Category:Ashoka Minor Rock Edict, Yerragudi|Yerragudi]], [[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi|Delhi Edicts]])</small><br />Major Rock Edicts 1-10, 14, [[Major Rock Edicts|Separate Edicts 1&2]]:<br /><small>([[Dhauli]], [[Jaugada]])</small>
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|colspan=1 rowspan=1 align=center  bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|[[:Commons:Category:Schism Edict of Ashoka|Schism Edict]], [[:File:Ashoka Inscriptions Queen's edict.jpg|Queen's Edict]]<br /><small>([[Sarnath]] [[Sanchi]] [[Allahabad pillar|Allahabad]])</small><br />[[Lumbini pillar inscription|Lumbini inscription]], [[Nigali Sagar|Nigali Sagar inscription]]
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|rowspan=2 align=center|Year 26, 27<br />and later<ref name="Yailenko"/>
|colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#cdcdcd"|'''[[Major Pillar Edicts]]'''
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|colspan=2 align=center  bgcolor="#dcdcdc"|In Indian language:<br />[[Major Pillar Edicts|Major Pillar Edicts No.1 ~ No.7]]<br /><small>([[Allahabad pillar]] [[Ashokan Edicts in Delhi|Delhi pillar]] [[Topra Kalan]] [[Rampurva]] [[Lauria Nandangarh]] [[Lauriya Araraj|Lauriya-Araraj]] [[:File:Amaravati Major Pillar Edict inscription.jpg|Amaravati]])</small><br />
Derived inscriptions in [[Aramaic]], on rock:<br />
[[Kandahar Aramaic inscription|Kandahar, Edict No.7]]<ref>Inscriptions of Asoka de D.C. Sircar [https://books.google.com/books?id=1_omDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT30 p.&nbsp;30]</ref><ref>Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt [https://books.google.com/books?id=C9_vbgkzUSkC&pg=PA39 p.&nbsp;39]</ref> and [[Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription|Pul-i-Darunteh, Edict No.5 or No.7]]<ref>Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt [https://books.google.com/books?id=C9_vbgkzUSkC&pg=PA39 p.&nbsp;39]</ref>
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