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The highly polished monolithic Ashokan Pillars were carved out of single pieces of a buff-coloured sandstone, usually mined from the quarries of
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Chunar near Mirzapur
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Udayagiri near Bhubaneshwar
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Sarnath near Varanasi
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Lauriya in Nandangarh
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -a The highly polished monolithic Ashoka pillar usually with small black spots were quarried from the Chunar near Mirzapur.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emperor Ashoka built The Lion Pillar at Kolhua. It is made of a highly polished single piece of red sandstone, surmounted by a bell shaped capital, 18.3 m high. A life-size figure of a lion is placed on top of the pillar. There is a small tank here known as Ramkund.
Detailed explanation-3: -They were erected as a symbol of victory over Kalinga. They had inscriptions, written in Brahmi script. They were found clustered in strategic places.
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