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Shahbazgarhi Rock Edicts شہباز گڑھی

UNESCO Tentative List Khyber PakhtunkhwaMardanRock Art Historic
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The Edicts of Ashoka carved into two boulders in Kharosthi script, mid-3rd century BCE — among the oldest irrefutable examples of writing in South Asia, describing Ashoka's philosophy of dhamma.

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· DOAM — Govt of Pakistan · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Ranigat · 15 kmTakht-i-Bahi · 24 kmArchaeological Complex of Gor Khatri · 78 kmMansehra Rock Edicts · 93 kmTaxila · 98 km

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