Mansehra Rock Edicts
Mansehra Rock Edicts are fourteen edicts of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, inscribed on rocks in Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The edicts are cut into three boulders and date back to 3rd century BC and they are written in the ancient Indic script of Gandhara culture, Kharosthi.Photo: Gandharian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Tentative World Heritage Site in Pakistan
- Also known as: “Ashoka Rocks”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamsherian and Bherkund.
Hamsherian
Village
Humsherian is a small village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It lies just south of Bherkund and north west of the district capital Mansehra in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Hamsherian is situated 6 km northwest of Mansehra Rock Edicts.
Bherkund
Town
Bherkund is a village and union council of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Mansehra Tehsil, between the cities of Mansehra and Oghi. Bherkund is situated 7 km northwest of Mansehra Rock Edicts.
Mansehra Rock Edicts
- Categories: archaeological site and tourism
- Location: Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.3411° or 34° 20′ 28″ northLongitude
73.19985° or 73° 11′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8J6M85RX+CWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2758276370OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6751573
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Mansehra Rock Edicts” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “曼瑟拉石刻詔令”
- Pushto: “د اشوکا فرمانونه”
- Pushto: “مانسېره کې د اشوکا فرمانونه”
- Pushto: “مانسېرې ډبرليک”
- Pushto: “مانسېرې ډبرليکونه”
- Sinhala: “මාන්සෙහ්රා ශිලා ආඥා”
- Spanish: “Edictos en roca en Mansehra”
- Tamil: “மன்செரா பாறைக் கல்வெட்டு”
- Tatar: “Мансәһра ташөсте боерыклар аланы”
- Urdu: “مانسہرہ سنگی فرمان”
- Western Panjabi: “مانسہرہ سنگی فرمان”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include جامع مسجد تبلیغی مرکز مانسہرہ and Faisal Movers.
Nearby Places
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