Located towards the north of Jama Masjid in Feroz Shah Kotla, central Delhi, the Ashoka pillar is one of the valuable pieces of India s history. And unfortunately, the structure, which is more than ...

Bureaucracy claims it is completely ignorant of what’s happening in the vicinity Already in the firing line for allowing ugly hoardings and flex banners and defacing the city, BBMP has decided not to ...

This fragment comes from one of the pillars erected throughout India by the Emperor Ashoka around 240 BC. The type of writing used for the inscription is known as 'Brahmi' and forms the basis for all ...

Bangalore Mirror had in its Sept 1 edition reported the cracks spiralling upwards from the base of the pillar. An engineer of the BBMP (south zone) said, “Taking note of the media report, we had asked ...

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The kin of an artist credited with painting the Ashoka Pillar for the original Constitution document said on the eve of Independence Day that the government must do something ...

Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad Museum plans to showcase India's historical heritage to pilgrims visiting the city for Maha Kumbh. The exhibition would highlight the Ashoka Pillar that bears the Prayag ...

Few know that the Ashoka pillar located in Allahabad Fort serves as an important link for the historians and scholars as far as their knowledge about the ruler Samudragupt is concerned. Few know that ...

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday unveiled the Ashoka Pillar on the eve of the 72nd Republic Day celebrations inside the premises of the Delhi Assembly. Marking the occasion of the 72nd ...

In 2012-13, 1617 cases of mouth cancer were diagnosed among the men. Last week, Ashoka University’s Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural edition of the Ashoka Pillar Award, to award young ...