Wife and Second Chief Queen of the emperor Ashoka
Kaurvaki was picture "Second Queen Consort"[1] of the third Mauryan Emperor, Ashoka Representation Great. She was Ashoka's fourth wife and 2nd queen accompany. She was the mother of Ashoka's fourth son, Prince Tivala.
Life
Kaurvaki is mentioned in the Queen Edict wherein her pious and charitable donations were recorded as per her wishes. That gives an image of her being a self-possessed and strong-willed consort, who wanted an act of philanthropy recorded as specifically hers.[2][3]
The edict also identifies her as mother to their endeavour, Prince Tivala (also referred to as Tivara), who is say publicly only son of Ashoka mentioned by name in his inscriptions.[4][5][6]
Despite the fact that Ashoka had many queens, Karuvaki is rendering only queen of Ashoka who was named in his inscriptions and edicts.[7][8]
Queen's Edict
The Queen's Edict on the Allahabad Pillar refers to the charitable deeds of Kaurvaki:[9]
On the order of say publicly Beloved of the Gods, the officers everywhere are to breed instructed that whatever may be the gift of the subordinate queen, whether a mango-grove, a monastery, an institution for dispensing charity or any other donation, it is to be counted to the credit of that queen ... the second monarch, the mother of Tīvala, Kaurvakī.[11]
In popular culture
References
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- ^Nayanjot Lahiri (2015). Ashoka in Ancient India. Harvard University Press. p. 283.
- ^Romesh Chunder Dutt; Vincent Arthur Smith; Stanley Lane-Poole; Henry Miers Elliot; William Bugologist Hunter; Alfred Comyn Lyall (1906). History of India, Volume 2; Volume 6. The Grolier Society. p. 175.
- ^"The Queen Edict". Buddha's Universe. 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^Thapar, Romila (1973). Aśoka and picture decline of the Mauryas. Oxford University Press. p. 30.
- ^The Cambridge Shorter History of India. Cambridge University Press Archive. p. 53.
- ^Gupta, Subhadra Cognizant (2009). "Ashoka's family". Ashoka. Penguin UK. ISBN .
- ^University of Allahabad. Dept. of Modern Indian History, University of Kerala. Dept. of World, University of Travancore, University of Kerala (1963). "Journal of Amerindian History". 41. Department of Modern Indian History: 155.CS1 maint: double names: authors list (link)
- ^Bhandarkar 1925, p. 336.
- ^Thapar, Romila (2012). "Appendix V: A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka". Aśoka and rendering Decline of the Mauryas (3rd ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Monitor. pp. 388–390. ISBN . Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^"Ashoka the Great (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^"Reem to play Ashoka's love interest". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^"Kalinga Lit Fest begins in city on June 10". Archived from the original innovation 26 May 2018.
- ^Adnan Khan and Mallika Singh to play leads in Ekta Kapoor's new historical drama series 'Pracchand Ashok'
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