Pillars Of Ashoka, Vaisali, Bihar,India Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected or at least inscribed with edicts by the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka during his reign from c. ”‰268 to 232 BC. Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma thaṃbhā Dharma stambha, i.e. `pillars of the Dharma` to describe his own pillars.