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Place in Uttarakhand, India
Khalsi
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Coordinates: 30°31′05″N 77°50′54″E / 30.5180°N 77.8482°E / 30.5180; 77.8482
CountryIndia
StateUttarakhand
DistrictDehradun

Kalsi (Kālsī) is a town in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand. It is known for the Rock edicts of Kalsi, a group of major inscriptions by emperor Ashoka. The Kalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14.

The Kalsi rock edict of Ashoka No.13, mentions the Greek kings Antiochus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander by name, as recipients of his teachings.

References

  1. The Geopolitical Orbits of Ancient India: The Geographical Frames of the ... by Dilip K Chakrabarty p.32
  2. Romila Thapar (1990). A History of India. Penguin Books Limited. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-14-194976-5.


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