page_title: Nala Sopara
section_title: Sopara Edicts of Ashoka
hierarchical_section_title: Nala Sopara / Sopara Edicts of Ashoka
caption_attribution_description: English: मुंबई जवळील सोपारा येथील अशोकाच्या शिलालेखाचे चित्रांकन
context_page_description: Nala Sopara, formerly known as Sopara, is a town within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The town lies in the Palghar district of Maharashtra and is governed by Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation. Nallasopara railway station is part of the Western Railway Zone.
  Nala Sopara is accepted by scholars as the Shurparaka or Supparak of ancient India and was a busy trade centre and an important seat of Buddhism. It was one of the administrative units under the Satavahanas and is mentioned in the inscriptions of Karle, Nashik, Naneghat and Kanheri.
context_section_description: The following are translations of the fragments of the edicts found at Sopara by A.L. Basham and Romila Thapar. In these edicts, Ashoka refers to himself as "Devanampiya"(Beloved of The Gods) and "Piyadassi" (The handsome one).
caption: Transcription of the Edicts.
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