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Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox artifact Template:Coord Lauriya Araraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India.

It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka.[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka.[2]

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.

References

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  1. Asoka, Mookerji Radhakumud, Motilal Banarsidass Publishing, 1962 p.92
  2. Buddhist Architecture, Huu Phuoc Le Grafikol, 2010 p.38

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