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The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, also known as the Kandahar Edict of Ashoka and less commonly as the Chehel Zina Edict, is an inscription in the Greek and Aramaic languages that dates back to 260 BCE and was carved by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE) at Chehel Zina, a mountainous outcrop near Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is the among the earliest-known edicts of Ashoka, having been inscribed around the 8th year of his reign (c. 260 BCE), and precedes all of his other inscriptions, including the Minor Rock Edicts and Barabar Caves in India and the Major Rock Edicts. This early inscription was written exclusively in the Greek and Aramaic languages. It was discovered below a 1-metre (3.3 ft) layer of rubble in 1958 during an excavation project around Kandahar, and is designate

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  • Édit bilingue de Kandahar (fr)
  • Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription (en)
  • Grieks-Aramese inscriptie van Kandahar (nl)
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  • De Grieks-Aramese inscriptie van Kandahar is een tweetalige inscriptie van Asoka. Het edict is uit het tiende jaar van zijn heerschappij en is het eerste uit een reeks. Het wordt soms wel gerekend tot de latere , al bevat het geen teksten uit de edicten van Asoka. De inscriptie werd in 1957 gevonden ten noorden van bij en is opgesteld in zowel Grieks als Aramees. In 1963 werd vlakbij de gevonden, een van de . (nl)
  • The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription, also known as the Kandahar Edict of Ashoka and less commonly as the Chehel Zina Edict, is an inscription in the Greek and Aramaic languages that dates back to 260 BCE and was carved by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE) at Chehel Zina, a mountainous outcrop near Kandahar, Afghanistan. It is the among the earliest-known edicts of Ashoka, having been inscribed around the 8th year of his reign (c. 260 BCE), and precedes all of his other inscriptions, including the Minor Rock Edicts and Barabar Caves in India and the Major Rock Edicts. This early inscription was written exclusively in the Greek and Aramaic languages. It was discovered below a 1-metre (3.3 ft) layer of rubble in 1958 during an excavation project around Kandahar, and is designate (en)
  • L'Édit bilingue de Kandahar, appelé aussi Édit de Shar-i-Kuna, est une inscription en Grec et en Araméen rédigée par l'empereur Indien Ashoka aux alentours de 260 av. J-C. Il s'agit de l'un des plus importants Édits d'Ashoka, et apparemment son premier. L'inscription est parfois catégorisée parmi les Édits mineurs sur rocher, précédant les édits majeurs sur rocher et sur colonne. L'inscription a été découverte sur la colline de Chil Zena, à la pointe nord de la bordure rocheuse ouest de Kandahar, Afghanistan, par Daniel Schlumberger en 1958 et publiée la même année par André Dupont-Sommer. Elle était positionnée de façon bien visible, sur l'ancienne grande route commerciale menant de (en) à Herat (l'ancienne Alexandrie d'Arie fondée par Alexandre le Grand), et vers le Royaume gréco-bactri (fr)
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