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| | |  Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of IndiaThe usage of the stamps began on 1 July 1852 in Scinde district, with the use of an embossed pattern on paper or wax. The shape was circular, with "SCINDE DISTRICT DAWK" around the rim, leading to the common name "Scinde Dawk". The paper was either white or blue, and the wax version on red wax, but all had the same value of 1/2 anna. They were used until October 1854, and then officially suppressed. These are quite scarce today, with prices from US$700 to $10,000.
1854 was the year of the first issue for all of India. The stamps were ...
See also:Postage stamps and postal history of India, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of India, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of Indian states, Postage stamps and postal history of India - 20th Century, Postage stamps and postal history of India - India Post post-independence 1947, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Stamp Gallery Read more here: » Postage stamps and postal history of India: Encyclopedia II - Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of India |
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| | | | Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Rise to power Developing into an impeccable warrior general and a shrewd statesman, Ashoka went on to command several regiments of the Mauryan army. His growing popularity across the empire made his elder brothers wary of his chances of being favoured by Bindusara to become the next emperor. The eldest of them, Prince Susima, the traditional heir to the throne, persuaded Bindusara to send Ashoka to quell an uprising in the city of Taxila in the north-west province of Sindh, of which Prince Susima was the governor. Taxila was a highly volatile place becaus ...
See also:Ashoka, Ashoka - Historical sources, Ashoka - Early life, Ashoka - Rise to power, Ashoka - Conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka - Death and legacy, Ashoka - Ashoka and Buddhist Kingship, Ashoka - Ashoka in popular culture, Ashoka - Sources Read more here: » Ashoka: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Rise to power |
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| | | | Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Postage stamps and postal history of India - 20th Century High values - 2, 3 and 5 rupees were introduced in 1895, and in 1900 existing designs were reprinted in new colors.
In 1902 a new series depicting King Edward VII (1) generally reused the frames of the Victoria stamps, with some color changes, and included values up to 25 rupees.
The 1911 stamps of King George V were more florid in their design. In 1919 a 1 1/2 anna stamp was introduced, inscribed "ONE AND HALF ANNA", but in 1921 this changed to "ONE AND A ...
See also:Postage stamps and postal history of India, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of India, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Postal history of Indian states, Postage stamps and postal history of India - 20th Century, Postage stamps and postal history of India - India Post post-independence 1947, Postage stamps and postal history of India - Stamp Gallery Read more here: » Postage stamps and postal history of India: Encyclopedia II - Postage stamps and postal history of India - 20th Century |
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| | | | Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Historical sources Information about the life and reign of Ashoka primarily comes from a relatively small number of Buddhist sources. In particular, the Sanskrit Ashoka Avadana ('Story of Ashoka') and the two Pāli chronicles of Sri Lanka (the Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa) provide most of the currently known information about Asoka. Additional information is contributed by the Edicts of Asoka, whose authorship was finally attributed to the Ashoka of Buddhist legend after the discovery of dynastic lists that gave the name used in the edicts (Piyadasi- meaning 'good looking', or 'favored by the Gods') as ...
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| | | | Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Conversion to Buddhism As the legend goes, one day after the war was over, Ashoka ventured out to roam the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. This sight made him sick and he cried the famous quotation, "What have I done?" The brutality of the conquest led him to adopt Buddhism and he used his position to propagate the relatively new philosophy to new heights, as far as ancient Rome and Egypt. From that point Ashoka, who had been described as "the cruel Ashoka" (Chandashoka), started to be described as "the pious Ashoka" (D ...
See also:Ashoka, Ashoka - Historical sources, Ashoka - Early life, Ashoka - Rise to power, Ashoka - Conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka - Death and legacy, Ashoka - Ashoka and Buddhist Kingship, Ashoka - Ashoka in popular culture, Ashoka - Sources Read more here: » Ashoka: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Conversion to Buddhism |
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| | | | Ashoka Pillar: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Death and legacy Emperor Ashoka ruled for an estimated forty years, and after his death, the Maurya dynasty lasted just fifty more years. Ashoka had many wives and children, but their names are lost to time. Mahinda and Sanghamitta were twins born by his first wife, Devi, in the city of Ujjain. He had entrusted to them the job of making his state religion, Buddhism, more popular across the known and the unknown world. Mahinda and Sanghamitta went into Sri Lanka and converted the King, the Queen and their people to Buddhism. So they were naturally not the one ...
See also:Ashoka, Ashoka - Historical sources, Ashoka - Early life, Ashoka - Rise to power, Ashoka - Conversion to Buddhism, Ashoka - Death and legacy, Ashoka - Ashoka and Buddhist Kingship, Ashoka - Ashoka in popular culture, Ashoka - Sources Read more here: » Ashoka: Encyclopedia II - Ashoka - Death and legacy |
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