Nittur, Siruguppa

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Nittur

Nitturu
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Nittur
Coordinates: 15°32′48″N76°49′58″E / 15.54667°N 76.83278°E / 15.54667; 76.83278 Coordinates: 15°32′48″N76°49′58″E / 15.54667°N 76.83278°E / 15.54667; 76.83278
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Bellary district
Taluk Siraguppa
Languages
  Official Kannada
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
583122
Vehicle registration KA 36

Nittur is a village in the Siruguppa taluk of Bellary district in Karnataka state, India.

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Importance

Nittur is famous for the minor edict of the emperor Ashoka found in the village. [1]

Ashoka 3rd Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, patron of Buddhism

Ashoka, sometimes Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE. The grandson of the founder of the Maurya Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka promoted the spread of Buddhism. Considered by many to be one of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka expanded Chandragupta's empire to reign over a realm stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except for parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra, with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain.

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References

  1. "INSCRIPTIONS OF ASHOKA". ASI Bangalore Circle. Retrieved 2013-07-12.