English: Ashoka Inscriptions Nigali Sagar pillar inscription. The inscription, made when Emperor Asoka visited the site in 249 BCE and erected the pillar, reads: Brahmi script and Pali language: 'Devanam piyena piyadasin lajina- chodasavasa bhisitena Budhasa Konakamanasa thube-dutyam vadhite Visativa sabhisitena –cha atana-agacha-mahiyite silathabe-cha usa papite' English (Smith 1969): “His Majesty King Priyadarsina in the 14th year of his reign enlarged for the second time the stupa of the Buddha Kanakamuni and in the 20th year of his reign, having come in person, paid reverence and set up a
English: Ashoka Inscriptions Nigali Sagar pillar inscription. The inscription, made when Emperor Asoka visited the site in 249 BCE and erected the pillar, reads: Brahmi script and Pali language: 'Devanam piyena piyadasin lajina- chodasavasa bhisitena Budhasa Konakamanasa thube-dutyam vadhite Visativa sabhisitena –cha atana-agacha-mahiyite silathabe-cha usa papite' English (Smith 1969): “His Majesty King Priyadarsina in the 14th year of his reign enlarged for the second time the stupa of the Buddha Kanakamuni and in the 20th year of his reign, having come in person, paid reverence and set up a stone pillar”. 1 January 1925 7 Ashoka Inscriptions Nigali Sagar pillar inscription
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