Ashoka Pillar

E361546
archaeological site monument pillar

The Ashoka Pillar is an ancient stone column erected by Emperor Ashoka to mark the birthplace of the Buddha at Lumbini, Nepal, and bears one of his famous edicts.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ashoka Pillar canonical 2
Ashoka pillar 1
Ashokan pillar 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
monument ⓘ
pillar ⓘ
associatedWith Buddhism ⓘ
Sacred Pond of Lumbini ⓘ
surface form: Lumbini Sacred Garden

Maurya Empire ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Ashoka ⓘ
builtInCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
category Ashoka Pillar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ashokan pillars

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal ⓘ
Monuments and memorials in Nepal ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalSignificance evidence of Ashoka’s pilgrimage to Lumbini ⓘ
key epigraphic source for the historicity of the Buddha ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
discoveredBy Alois Anton Führer ⓘ
Khada Shamsher Rana ⓘ
discoveredIn 1896 ⓘ
erectedBy Ashoka ⓘ
governingBody Department of Archaeology of Nepal ⓘ
surface form: Department of Archaeology (Nepal)
hasFeature inscribed shaft ⓘ
sandstone monolith ⓘ
hasInscription Ashokan inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: Ashokan edict
hasLanguage Prakrit ⓘ
hasStyle Mauryan art ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Brahmi script ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inscriptionMentions exemption from certain payments for Lumbini ⓘ
reduction of taxes for Lumbini ⓘ
visit of King Ashoka to Lumbini ⓘ
locatedIn Lumbini ⓘ
Lumbini Province ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Rupandehi District ⓘ
marks birthplace of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
material sandstone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Ashoka ⓘ
nearbySite Maya Devi Temple ⓘ
surface form: Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini

sacred pond (Puskarini) at Lumbini ⓘ
partOf Lumbini ⓘ
surface form: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
purpose commemorative pillar ⓘ
to mark the birthplace of the Buddha ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lumbini → hasLandmark → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
Ashokan inscriptions → notableSite → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnath pillar edict
Isipatana → hasArchaeologicalRemains → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashokan pillar fragments
Allahabad Fort → contains → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashoka pillar
Maya Devi Temple → hasPart → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
Ashoka Pillar → category → Ashoka Pillar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ashoka Pillar (Lumbini)
this entity surface form: Ashokan pillars
Firoz Shah Kotla → hasFeature → Ashoka Pillar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashokan pillar