The shorter portion of the pillar which is partly buried in the ground
measures 1.52m in length bears four lines of Ashokan inscription in the
Brahmi script which roughly translates as: "King Piyadasi Beloved of the
gods, after 14 years of his coronation enlarged for the second time the
stupa of Buddha kanaka Muni, and after 20 years of his coronat ion he
came himself and worshipped and he caused this stone pillar to be
erected."Sagarhawa
About 12 km. north of Taulihawa, there is a forest area called
Sagarhawa. In the midst of the forest there is a huge rectangular water
pool which is popularly known as Lumbusagar, or a long pool. The ancient
waterbody ruins, which were excavated and identified by Dr. Aslois A.
Fuhrer in 1895 as the 'Palace of massacre of the Shakyas', can still be
found on the west south banks of the Saga
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