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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Maski canonical 5
Maski (Masks) 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
town
administrativeDivision Lingsugur taluk
linked to: Lingasugur
archaeologicalCategory rock edict site
associatedWith Ashoka
Mauryan inscriptions
climate semi-arid
country India
discoveredBy C. Beadon
earliestExplicitNamingOf Ashoka as Devanampiya Ashoka
linked to: Ashoka
excavatedBy Archaeological Survey of India
governedBy Government of India
Government of Karnataka
governingBodyForMonument Archaeological Survey of India
hasArchaeologicalFinding Ashokan minor rock edict
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
Raichur
heritageType Buddhist heritage site
historicalPeriod Maurya Empire
historicalSignificance key site for identification of Ashoka
inscriptionType edict of Ashoka
knownFor Ashokan rock edict
earliest inscription explicitly naming Ashoka
languageOfInscriptions Prakrit
locatedIn Karnataka
Raichur district
southern India
linked to: South India
nearRiver Tungabhadra River
partOf Deccan region
region Hyderabad-Karnataka region
linked to: Hyderabad-Karnataka
religiousAssociation Buddhism
scriptOfInscriptions Brahmi script
stateLanguage Kannada
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transport connected by road to Lingsugur
connected by road to Raichur
UTCOffset +05:30

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Referenced by (6)

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

Raichur Doab containsTown Maski
Wyzwolenie hasCharacter Maski (Masks)
linked to: Maski
Lingasugur locatedNear Maski