Name the Asokan inscription identified as Major Rock Edict in present-day Pakistan.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Mansehra
Mansehra, marked next to Shahbazgarhi in the far north-west on the map of Asokan inscriptions, is a site of a Major Rock Edict; the same message of Asoka was engraved everywhere from the present-day North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan to Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Uttarakhand.
Tip: This question is answered from a map of the chapter. Spend a few minutes on every map of the chapter and its key, such as the triangles for major rock edicts here.
Note: The map of Asokan inscriptions marks Mansehra, Kandahar, Kalsi and Sopara as sites of Major Rock Edicts, but the NCERT book (2026-27) does not name the present-day country or state of each site. Mansehra lies in present-day Pakistan (in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the former North West Frontier Province), while Kandahar is in Afghanistan, Kalsi in Uttarakhand and Sopara in Maharashtra. This is explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.2 Administering the empire … There were five major political centres in the empire – the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri, all mentioned in Asokan inscriptions. If we examine the content of these inscriptions, we find virtually the same message engraved everywhere – from the present-day North West Frontier Provinces of Pakistan, to Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Uttarakhand in India.…”
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