Maski
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Maski is a historic town in Karnataka, India, known for yielding one of the earliest Ashokan rock edicts that explicitly names the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivision | Lingsugur taluk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archaeologicalCategory | rock edict site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ashoka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mauryan inscriptions ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | C. Beadon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| earliestExplicitNamingOf | Ashoka as Devanampiya Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Government of India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Government of Karnataka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBodyForMonument | Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFinding |
Ashokan minor rock edict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inscriptions mentioning Devanampiya Ashoka ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
mining ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
Mauryan administration in Karnataka
ⓘ
spread of Buddhism in Deccan ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature | granite hillocks ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Lingsugur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raichur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageType | Buddhist heritage site ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Maurya Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key site for identification of Ashoka ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | edict of Ashoka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ashokan rock edict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
earliest inscription explicitly naming Ashoka ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Prakrit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Karnataka
ⓘ
Raichur district NERFINISHED ⓘ southern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearRiver | Tungabhadra River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Deccan region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Hyderabad-Karnataka region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation | Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptOfInscriptions | Brahmi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateLanguage | Kannada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| transport |
connected by road to Lingsugur
ⓘ
connected by road to Raichur ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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