Kalsi, Dehradun

Kālsī
Kālsī
Kālsī
Coordinates: 30°31′05″N 77°50′54″E / 30.5180°N 77.8482°E / 30.5180; 77.8482
CountryIndia
StateUttarakhand

Kalsi (Kālsī) is a town in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand. It is known for the Rock edicts of Kalsi, a group of major inscriptions by emperor Ashoka. The Kalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14.

The Kalsi rock edict of Ashoka No.13, mentions the Greek kings Antiochus, Ptolemy, Antigonus, Magas and Alexander by name, as recipients of his teachings.

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