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| Rock edicts of Khalsi | |
|---|---|
 Rock edicts of Khalsi (Edicts N°1 to 12 and beginning of Edit N°13 of Ashoka on the main face of Khalsi rock). | |
| Material | Rock |
| Writing | Pali in Brahmi script |
| Created | circa 250 BCE |
| Period/culture | Maurya Empire |
| Present location | Khalsi, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India |
  Khalsi Khalsi (South Asia) | |
The Rock edicts of Khalsi, also spelled Kalsi, are a group of an Indian rock inscriptions written by the Indian Emperor Ashoka around 250 BCE. They contain some of the most important of the Edicts of Ashoka. The inscription in Khalsi contains all the Major Rock Edicts, from 1 to 14. They were discovered in Khalsi, a village in Uttarakhand, northern India, by Alexander Cunningham about 1850.