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Yogita Ingle 6 years ago

  • There are seven pillar edicts.
  • Two types of stones are used: spotted white sandstone (from Mathura) and buff coloured sandstone and quartzite (from Amaravati).
  • All the pillars are monoliths (carved out of from stone).
  • They have been found from different places like Kandahar (Afghanistan), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), Delhi, Vaishali and Champaran (Bihar), Sarnath and Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh), and Sanchi (Madhya Pradesh).
  • Fragments of the same edict are found in different places.
  • Many pillars are as high as 50 feet high and weigh as much as 50 tons.
  • The pillars depict animals such as elephants and lions, and wheels and lotuses which are all significant symbols in Buddhism.
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