Major Rock Edict
(A) These rescripts on morality [have been caused] to be written by king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin . . . . . . . . . or of middle (size), or at full length. (B) For the whole was not suitable everywhere. (C) For (my) dominions are wide, and much has been written, [and I] shall cau…
Dhauli's rock edicts — including the special Kalinga edicts — stand near the battlefield that transformed Ashoka's rule.
1 (A) iyaṁ dhaṁma-lipī De[v]ānaṁpiyena Piyada[sin]ā lāj[inā likhā] athi ma[jhimena] . . . . [h]i save sav[a]ta ghaṭite 2 (C) mahaṁte hi vijaye bahu[k]e ca likhite likhiyis . . . . . (D) [a]thi . . . . . . [vu]te ta[sa] . . . . [y]āy[e] 3 [k]iṁti ca j[a]ne tathā paṭipajeyā ti (E) e pi cu heta asamati likhit[e s] saṁ . [lochay]itu . . . . . . . k[a]l[ā] . . . . [t]i
