👉 SECOND ROCK-EDICT SHAHABAZGARHI
| SAHI Id: | SAHI-232 |
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| Sahi Flag: | NIIMH/SAHI/PK/KP/RI/VHD/272-231BCE |
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| Source Location: | Village: Shahbaz Garhi District: Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
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| Source-Site: | This inscription was found in Shahbaz Garhi in the Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. |
| Source Current Location: | Ashoka Rock Edict at Shahbaz Garhi in Mardan district, Pakistan. These rock edicts were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 30 January 2004 in the Cultural category. |
| Source Reference: | Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Volume I Inscriptions of Ashoka, Page Number- 51, Published by the Government of India 1925. |
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| Time Period: | 272-231 BCE |
| History and Significance: | This inscription belonging to the king Ashoka of Maurya Dynasty |
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| Medical Information: | This record details the establishment of 2 types of treatments for Men and Animals by King Ashoka in all his territories. |
| Description: | This inscription belonging to King Ashoka of the Maurya Empire, was found in Shahbaz Garhi in the Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. This record explains the 3 rules laid by King Devanampriya Priyadarsin for the benefit of the people and animals residing in his dominions and also in the dominions of his borderers such as the Chodas, the Pandyas, the Satiyaputra, the Keralaputa, the Tamraparni, the Yona king named Antiyoka and the regions of other kings. He established 2 kinds of treatments i.e. Medical treatment for the men and medical treatment for the cattle. Herbs beneficial to men and cattle were imported and planted in areas of unavailability of such medicinal herbs and wells were dug for the use of cattle and men. This highlights the importance given by the King in providing necessities of health such as planting medicinal herbs and trees to provide the right medical treatment to man as well as cattle. |
| Text/Transcript: | 3 (A) सव्रत्र विजिते देवनंप्रियस प्रियद्रशिस ये च अंत यथ चोड 4. पंडिय सतियपुत्रो केरडपुत्रो तंबपंणि अंतियोको नम योनरज ये च अंञे तस अंतियोकस समंत रजनो सव्रत्र देवनंप्रियस प्रियद्रशिस रञो दुवि २ चिकिस क्रिट मनुशचिकिस . . पशुचिकिस च 5 (B) ओषढनि मनुशोपकनि च पशोपकनि च यत्र यत्र नस्ति सवत्र हरपित च वुत च (C) कुप च खनपित प्रतिभोगये पशुमनुशनं Transliteration: 3 (A) sav[r]atra vijitē Dēva[naṁ]priyasa Priyadraśisa y[ē] cha [a]ṁta yatha [Chōḍa] 4. Paṁḍiya Satiyaputrō Kēraḍaputrō Taṁbapaṁṇi Aṁtiyō[k]ō nama Yōnaraja yē cha aṁñē tasa Aṁtiyōkasa samaṁta rajanō savratra Dēvanaṁpriyasa Priyadrashisa rañō du[vi] 2 chik[i]sa [kr]i[ṭa] manuśa-chikisa . . pa[śu-ch]ikisa [cha] 5 (B) [ō]sha[dha]ni manuśōpakani cha paśōpakani cha yat[r]a yatra nasti savatra harapita cha vuta cha (C) kupa cha khanapita pratibh[ō]gayē paśu-manuśanaṁ |
| Additional Information: | This demonstrates the significance the monarch placed on enhancing both human and animal health. King noted that only when the welfare of both plants and animals is addressed does health care become comprehensive. |