Maski

E879305

Maski is a historic town in Karnataka, India, known for yielding one of the earliest Ashokan rock edicts that explicitly names the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Maski canonical 5
Maski (Masks) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Lingsugur taluk ⓘ
linked to: Lingasugur
archaeologicalCategory rock edict site ⓘ
associatedWith Ashoka ⓘ
Mauryan inscriptions ⓘ
climate semi-arid ⓘ
country India ⓘ
discoveredBy C. Beadon ⓘ
earliestExplicitNamingOf Ashoka as Devanampiya Ashoka ⓘ
linked to: Ashoka
excavatedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
governedBy Government of India ⓘ
Government of Karnataka ⓘ
governingBodyForMonument Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFinding Ashokan minor rock edict ⓘ
inscriptions mentioning Devanampiya Ashoka ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf Mauryan administration in Karnataka ⓘ
spread of Buddhism in Deccan ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature granite hillocks ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Lingsugur ⓘ
Raichur ⓘ
heritageType Buddhist heritage site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Maurya Empire ⓘ
historicalSignificance key site for identification of Ashoka ⓘ
inscriptionType edict of Ashoka ⓘ
knownFor Ashokan rock edict ⓘ
earliest inscription explicitly naming Ashoka ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Prakrit ⓘ
locatedIn Karnataka ⓘ
Raichur district ⓘ
southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
nearRiver Tungabhadra River ⓘ
partOf Deccan region ⓘ
region Hyderabad-Karnataka region ⓘ
linked to: Hyderabad-Karnataka
religiousAssociation Buddhism ⓘ
scriptOfInscriptions Brahmi script ⓘ
stateLanguage Kannada ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transport connected by road to Lingsugur ⓘ
connected by road to Raichur ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raichur Doab → containsTown → Maski ⓘ
Wyzwolenie → hasCharacter → Maski (Masks) ⓘ
linked to: Maski
Lingasugur → locatedNear → Maski ⓘ