Philatelic exhibition inaugurated at Berhampur of Odisha

A visitor going round the district level philatelic exhibition organised at the HO in Berhampur on Saturday

A new first day cover of India Post on Ashokan relics at Jaugarh in Ganjam district was inaugurated in the city on Saturday.

This first day cover depicting a major historical remain of the country was inaugurated during the inauguration ceremony of a two-day district level philatelic exhibition.

This exhibition had been organised by the Berhampur region of India Post.

Senior Superintendent of this postal division, Dibakar Patnaik, Vice-Chancellor of Berhampur University Jayant Mohapatra, Post Master General of Berhampur region, S.P.Ramlingam, deputy superintending archaeologist of Bhubaneswar circle Jivan Kumar Patnaik attended the ceremony for inauguration of first day cover on Jaugarh stone relics.

Jaugarh is situated at distance of 35 kilometres from Berhampur. It was once fortified provincial capital of Mauryan King Ashoka. The rock inscriptions at Jaugarh are engraved on three different tablets on vertical face of a picturesque granite rock of the Khapingala hills. The inscriptions are in Prakrit language written in Brahmi script.

The special Rock Edicts were inscribed in the form of instructions of Ashoka to the ‘Mahamatras’ to be impartial and conciliatory to the people, and to promulgate the principles on which Ashoka had decided to build up the base of his administration in Kalinga and its bordering tribes.

There are special Kalinga Edicts specially meant for the people of Kalinga which are unique to this place. These inscriptions have been declared protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

The Postal Department also conducted a philatelic quiz for students as part of the two-day philatelic exhibition.

Source:-The Hindu