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aso·kan column
\əˈs(h)ōkən-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
Etymology: Asoka the Great died 232 B.C. king of Magadha, ancient kingdom of India, at whose behest they were erected + English -an
: a stone column found in India and usually of considerable height on which Buddhist inscriptions were cut — compare lat II |