Pillar of Ashoka
c. 238 BC · Resource
A polished sandstone column fragment inscribed with the edicts of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who ruled c. 268-232 BC. The pillars spread Buddhist moral teaching across India.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 238 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)
- Great Wall of China (Qin) (221 BCE)
- Second Punic War (218 BCE)
- Hellenistic period (323 BCE)
- Terracotta Army buried (210 BCE)