page_title: Palkigundu and Gavimath, Koppal
section_title: References
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context_page_description: Palkigundu and Gavimath near Koppal in Karnataka are two locations where inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka were found. These inscriptions represent some of India's oldest written records, and are part of Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts. Jain monks used to meditate there. The Palkigundu and Gavimath edicts are in Prakrit, written in Brahmi script. A Kannada translation of the inscriptions is available.
  At Palkigundu, two huge boulders are topped with a flat-shaped rock forming a canopy. Rough steps lead to the top of the boulders, where a 2,300-year-old inscription is located. Similar edicts have been found in 17 places in India.
  About 2.5 km to the southeast of Palkigundu, at Gavimath, there is another rock inscription, also an edict from Ashoka. The Gavimath inscription is situated on a boulder in a sheltered place with a rock canopy. Jain monks used both Gavimath and Palkigundu as locations to meditate.
context_section_description: "Message on a rock - Palkigundu and Gavimath near Koppal". Retrieved 6 June 2013. 
  Iyer, Meera (5 November 2013). "A dolmen, a shop and a Jina" (Bangalore). Deccan Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2015. 
  Yailenko,Les maximes delphiques d'Aï Khanoum et la formation de la doctrine du dhamma d'Asoka, 1990, pp.243.
  Inscriptions of Asoka de D.C. Sircar p.30
  Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt p.39
  Handbuch der Orientalistik de Kurt A. Behrendt p.39
caption: Orange ff8040 pog.svg Location of the Minor Rock Edicts (Edicts 1,2&3)
  Purple pog.svg Other inscriptions often classified as Minor Rock Edicts.
  Brown pog.svg Location of the Major Rock Edicts.
  Orange F79A18.svg Location of the Minor Pillar Edicts.
  Brown 5C3317.svg Original location of the Major Pillar Edicts.
  Red pog.svg Capital cities
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