Jaugada or Jaugarh is a ruined fortress in the Ganjam district in Odisha, India. Jaugada lies 35 km north-west of Berhampur and 160 km south-west of Bhubaneshwar. Once a provincial Mauryan fortified capital of the newly conquered province of Kalinga, Jaugada is famed by its version of the monumental stone-cut edicts in Prakrit of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.first time Jaugarh was documented by University of Heidelberg.
Jaugada is the location of some of the Major Rock Edicts of Ashoka, inscribed circa 250 BCE: Major Rock Edicts 1-10 and 14 are inscribed on a central rock in the compound, as well as Separate Edicts 1&2.This configuration is similar to that of the nearby Dhauli Edicts of Ashoka (250 km to the northeast).
If you visit this place you will feel history...And we must know what is real story behind jaugarh fort.
When mayurayan emperor ashoka conquest of Kalinga (now Odisha) struck with remorse at the suffering he caused, he converted to Buddhism and spent the rest of his life propagating his dharma (law). In order to achieve this, he had numerous edicts inscribed on rocks, pillars and caves, throughout his vast empire. These are written in various vernaculars and represent the earliest written document from the Indic regions. From these edicts it appears that Ashoka was an extremely tolerant and benevolent monarch. The Jaugada inscriptions of the emperor Ashoka are engraved on the surface of a rock in an old fort near the bank of the Rishikulya river. The rock rises vertically and faces the south east. The inscriptions are written on three different tablets on the vertical face of the rock but cannot be seen in this general view. J.D. Beglar, wrote: ''Within the fort are two prominent groups of bare rocks. On the larger, which has a tolerably level terrace at about half the height, a modern jogi has built a comfortable brick-and-plaster bungalow from the brickbats found in the spot. Behind the jogi's house rise up the rocks, bare and straight, and on part of the face of these rocks are inscribed the edicts of Asoka...''
Location : Jaugada Fort
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From Capital City Bhubaneswar Distance : 160 K.M
From Silk city Berhampur Distance : 35 K.M