Mansehra Rock Edicts

Mansehra Rock Edicts
	Detail of the upper rock inscription.
	Shown within Pakistan
Location	Mansehra, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates	34°20′0″N 73°10′0″E / 34.33333°N 73.16667°E
Site notes
Website	UNESCO World Heritage Sites tentative list

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. The edicts mention aspects of Ashoka’s dharma.^[1]^[2] The site was submitted for inclusion in the World Heritage Sites and is currently in the tentative list.

^ "Mansehra Rock Edicts". World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ "Ashoka Rocks". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[unesco-1] "Mansehra Rock Edicts". World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

[LP-2] "Ashoka Rocks". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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