SHAHBAZ GARHI AND THE ASHOKAN INSCRIPTIONS:
Shahbaz
Garhi is located 13 km east of Mardan on the road to
Swabi. Sown a dirt track to the right, a few meters,
are the famous Ashokan inscriptions, carved in two rocks
on a hill about 300 meters to the left. The Ashokan
inscriptions date from the 3rd century BC and are the
oldest surviving writings of any historical significance
in the Subcontinent.
Shahbaz
Garhi is located 13 km east of Mardan on the road to
Swabi. Sown a dirt track to the right, a few meters,
are the famous Ashokan inscriptions, carved in two rocks
on a hill about 300 meters to the left. The Ashokan
inscriptions date from the 3rd century BC and are the
oldest surviving writings of any historical significance
in the Subcontinent.
At Shahbaz Garhi 12 edicts are carved on the rock,
two on another, Shahbaz Garhi is important to Buddhists
because f its association with prince Sudana, or Buddha
in one of his previous incarnations, Sudana means of
noble charity; the area is still popularly know as the
Sudana Plan.
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