Major Pillar Edict

Delhi-Meerut

Major Pillar Edict I (Delhi -Mirath Version)

Major Pillar Edict I (Delhi -Mirath Version)

Location
Ashokan inscription site — Delhi-Meerut., Uttar Pradesh, India
Date
c. 260–250 BCE
Script
Brahmi
Language
Prakrit
Type
Major Pillar Edict
Coordinates
28.6333° N, 77.2000° E

Overview

Major Pillar Edict I (Delhi -Mirath Version)

Delhi-Meerut site view
Delhi-Meerut

Location

The Inscription

Original Text

1 . . . . . . . . . . [naṁ] dhamṁen[a] v[i]dh[āne]
2 dha[me] . . . . . . . . . .
Translation
(A) For (their) instruction (is) this, viz. to protect according to morality, to dispose according to morality, to cause pleasure according to morality, (and) to guard (their speech) according to morality.