File:Fragment of a pillar of Emperor Ashoka.jpg

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English: Fragment of a pillar of Emperor Ashoka, with Brahmi inscription, India, about 238 BC. British Museum (1880.21).
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Fragment of Major Pillar Edict No.6.

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British Museum reference 1880.21
Detailed description Fragment of a pillar of Emperor Ashoka, with Brahmi inscription, India, about 238 BC. Inscription known as Major Pillar Edit VI, is transliterated as ---- (ū)pagamane se me mokhyamate / saḍu --- // ---- (i)site me iyaṃ dhaṃam li(pi) li --- ("All sects are honoured by me in many ways, but I regard that to be my principal duty [to meet the people personally]. This dharma edict was caused to inscribed when I had been anointed twenty-six years").
Size Height: 12.2 cm
Width: 32.6 cm
Depth: 7.6 cm
Location G33

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