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Lauriya-Araraj pillar of Ashoka
The Lauriya Araraj Pillar of Ashoka, East Champaran District.
Material
Polished sandstone
Period/culture
3rd Century BCE
Discovered
26° 33′ 0.82″ N 84° 38′ 51.29″ E
Place
Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, India.
Present location
Lauriya Araraj, India
Lauriya Araraj
26°33′01″N84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E / 26.550227; 84.647581Lauriya Araraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India.
It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka.[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka.[2]
Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55 km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at Lauriya Nandangarh.
84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E / 26.550227; 84.647581 LauriyaAraraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of...
national emblem of India. Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar, single lion, Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI. LauriyaAraraj, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar...
fragments thereof, at Kausambi (now Allahabad pillar), Topra Kalan, Meerut, Lauriya-Araraj, Lauria Nandangarh, Rampurva (Champaran), and fragments of these in...
Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI) Lauriya-Nandangarth, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts I, II, III, IV, V, VI) Lauriya-Araraj, Champaran, Bihar (Pillar Edicts...
fragments thereof, at Kausambi (now Allahabad pillar), Topra Kalan, Meerut, Lauriya-Araraj, Lauria Nandangarh, Rampurva (Champaran), and fragments of these in...
Global Information
An inscription of Ashoka on the pillar.
Rest of the inscription by Ashoka.
Ashoka Major Pillar Edicts on the pillar.
Various inscriptions on the pillar.
