| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_documents gptkb:nun
 
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                                | gptkbp:createdBy | gptkb:Ashoka 
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                                | gptkbp:date | 3rd century BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredBy | gptkb:James_Prinsep 
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                                | gptkbp:discoveredIn | 1837 
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                                | gptkbp:hasInscription | order of Ashoka 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:India
 gptkb:Nepal
 gptkb:Pakistan
 
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                                | gptkbp:material | gptkb:metal gptkb:stone
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePlace | gptkb:Lumbini gptkb:Delhi
 gptkb:Girnar
 gptkb:Sarnath
 gptkb:Lauria_Nandangarh
 gptkb:Dhauli
 gptkb:Kalsi
 gptkb:Rampurva
 Kandahar
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfEdicts | 33 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | promote dharma spread Buddhist values
 
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                                | gptkbp:script | gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Greek
 gptkb:Brahmi
 gptkb:Kharosthi
 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | earliest deciphered Indian writings 
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                                | gptkbp:subject | gptkb:Buddhism animal welfare
 justice
 moral conduct
 non-violence
 religious tolerance
 public welfare
 
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                                | gptkbp:type | gptkb:Major_Rock_Edicts gptkb:Minor_Pillar_Edicts
 gptkb:Minor_Rock_Edicts
 gptkb:Pillar_Edicts
 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOStatus | World Heritage (some sites) 
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                                | gptkbp:writtenBy | gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Greek
 gptkb:Sanskrit
 gptkb:Prakrit
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Lumbini_Edict gptkb:Mount_Girnar
 gptkb:Maurya_dynasty
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Ashoka's Edicts 
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