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|name = Lauriya-Araraj pillar of Ashoka<br />
|image_caption = The Lauriya Araraj [[Pillars of Ashoka|Pillar of Ashoka]], [[East Champaran]] District.<br />
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|period = 3rd Century BCE<br />
|place = Lauriya-Araraj, [[Champaran]], [[India]].<br />
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'''Lauriya Araraj''', also '''Lauriya Areraj''', is a location name in the [[East Champaran]] District of the State of [[Bihar]] in [[India]].<br />
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It is known for the presence of one of the [[Pillars of Ashoka]].<ref>Asoka, Mookerji Radhakumud, Motilal Banarsidass Publishing, 1962 [https://books.google.com/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC&pg=PA92 p.92]</ref> The pillar [[capital (architecture)|capital]] is missing, but the pillar bear six [[Edicts of Ashoka]].<ref>Buddhist Architecture, Huu Phuoc Le<br />
Grafikol, 2010 [https://books.google.com/books?id=9jb364g4BvoC&pg=PA38 p.38]</ref><br />
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Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at [[Lauriya Nandangarh]].<br />
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File:Ashoka pillar lauriya-araraj1.png|An inscription of Ashoka on the pillar.<br />
File:Ashoka pillar lauriya-araraj2.png|Rest of the inscription by Ashoka.<br />
File:Ashoka_Lauriya_Areraj_inscription.jpg|Ashoka [[Major Pillar Edicts]] on the pillar.<br />
File:ARERAJ INSCRIPTIONS.jpg|Various inscriptions on the pillar.<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Commons category|Ashoka pillar, Lauriya-Araraj}}<br />
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{{Edicts of Ashoka}}<br />
[[Category:Monumental columns in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian inscriptions]]<br />
[[Category:History of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Edicts of Ashoka]]<br />
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Bihar]]</div>
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