Housed in a building en route Mount Girnar, the 14 edicts of emperor Ashoka, of the Maurya dynasty, are inscribed on a large boulder. These inscriptions are etched on an uneven rock, about 10 m high and with a circumference of 7 m, in Brahmi script. These edicts convey the message of peace, communal harmony and tolerance. Added to the same rock are inscriptions in Sanskrit language by the Saka (Scythian) ruler of Malwa, Mahakshatrap Rudradaman I, around 150 CE. It mentions the history of the turbulent waters of River Suvarna Sikta and River Palasini flowing down the hills and breaking the dam on Lake Sudarshan. It is a popular tourist attraction that allows you to step into the pages of history when the region echoed with the magnificence of the Mauryas.

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