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The '''Ashokan Edicts National Park'''/'''Ashoka Satambh Park''', Topra Kalan in northern India, proposed in 2011 by Siddhartha Gauri and Dr. Satyadeep Neil Gauri, is devoted to the Buddhist teachings of Emperor Ashoka of the [[Maurya Empire]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/yamunanagar-village-to-have-india-s-biggest-ashoka-chakra/671569.html|title=Yamunanagar village to have India’s biggest Ashoka Chakra}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatkalnews.com/news/177189-yamunanagar-village-to-have-india%E2%80%99s-biggest-ashoka-chakra.aspx|title=Yamunanagar village to have India’s biggest Ashoka Chakra|website=www.tatkalnews.com|access-date=2018-12-21|archive-date=2019-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405210331/http://www.tatkalnews.com/news/177189-yamunanagar-village-to-have-india%E2%80%99s-biggest-ashoka-chakra.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The park in the [[Haryana]] village of Topra displays replicas of Ashokan pillars and rock edicts.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://thebuddhistforum.com/in-news-asoka-edicts-park/|title=In News – Asoka Edicts Park ⋆ The Buddhist Forum|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-21}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-park-for-ashoka-stalled-2270801|title=Park for Ashoka stalled?|date=2016-11-07|website=dna|language=en|access-date=2018-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803011820/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-park-for-ashoka-stalled-2270801|archive-date=2017-08-03|url-status=live}}</ref> The park includes a sapling of the [[Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi|Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree]] from [[Sri Lanka]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/historical-hry-village-to-have-its-own-ashoka-pillar/story-COMaC9XOB83ANe2mv5Wm5L.html|title=Historical Hry village to have its own Ashoka Pillar|date=2014-02-23|website=www.hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-21}}</ref>

== History ==
During the reign of [[Ashoka|Emperor Ashoka]], several pillars were erected with deciphered texts. In this period, these pillars were scattered all over India. Today they are preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediaindia.eu/art-culture/mauryan-era-ashoka-pillar-withers-away/|title=Mauryan-era Ashoka pillar withers away {{!}} Media India Group|website=mediaindia.eu|access-date=2018-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712135618/http://mediaindia.eu/art-culture/mauryan-era-ashoka-pillar-withers-away/|archive-date=2017-07-12|url-status=live}}</ref> One such pillar composed of chukar rocks mined near [[Varanasi]] and bearing seven edicts in [[Brahmi script]] was erected in Topra. In the 14th century it was transported to [[Delhi]] via the [[Yamuna]] River.<ref name=":1" />  British archaeologist [[James Prinsep]] decoded and translated its edicts in 1837.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Haryana-village-wants-Ashoka-pillar-back-from-Delhi/articleshow/8009038.cms|title=Haryana village wants Ashoka pillar back from Delhi - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-21}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 2018, a replica of the pillar was made and placed in Topra Ashokan Edicts Archeological Park and Museum.<ref name=":1" /><gallery>
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== Grants ==
The park owes its origins to the gift of 28 acres of land by the village panchayat of Topra Kalyan and an April 2015 commitment by the then-Chief Minister of Haryana, [[Manohar Lal Khattar]], to provide 500 million Indian rupees (US$7.1 million)<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> for construction of the park.<ref name=":4" />

== The Park ==
The park includes the replicas of Ashoka Pillar from Delhi, Replica of Babur Caves from Gaya Bihar, and an Ashoka statue from Odisha.<ref name=":1" />

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