Fragments of the 8th and 9th major rock edicts.[17] Inscribed on a free-standing stone. Excavated in April 1882 by Bhagwan Lal Indraji, The ruins of a Buddhist Stupa was found. Nala Sopara is accepted by scholars as the Suparaka or Supparak of ancient India and was a busy trade centre and an important seal of Buddhism. It was also one of the administrative units under the Satavahanas and is mentioned in the inscriptions of Karle, Nashik, Naneghat, and Kanheri. From the centre of the stupa (inside a brick built chamber) a large stone coffer was excavated which contained eight bronze images of Maitreya Buddha which belong to the c. 8th-9th century CE. This coffer also enclosed relic caskets of copper, silver, stone, crystal and gold, along with numerous gold flowers and fragments of a begging bowl. A silver coin of Gautamiputra Satakarni (Satavahana) was also found from the mound. The Bombay Provincial Government presented the Sopara relics to the Asiatic Society of Bombay. The coins and the artifacts found during the excavations at the site of this ancient town can still be viewed in the Asiatic Society, Mumbai museum. 8рд╡реЗрдВ рдФрд░ 9рд╡реЗрдВ рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЦ рд╢рд┐рд▓рд╛рд▓реЗрдЦреЛрдВ рдХреЗ рдЕрдВрд╢ред [17] рдПрдХ рдореБрдХреНрдд рдЦрдбрд╝реЗ рдкрддреНрдерд░ рдкрд░ рдЦреБрджрд╛ рд╣реБрдЖред рдЕрдкреНрд░реИрд▓ 1882 рдореЗрдВ рднрдЧрд╡рд╛рди рд▓рд╛рд▓ рдЗрдВрджреНрд░рдЬреА рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░рд╛ рдЦреБрджрд╛рдИ рдореЗрдВ, рдПрдХ рдмреМрджреНрдз рд╕реНрддреВрдк рдХреЗ рдЦрдВрдбрд╣рд░ рдкрд╛рдП рдЧрдП рдереЗред рдирд╛рд▓рд╛ рд╕реЛрдкрд╛рд░рд╛ рд╕реНрд╡реАрдХрд╛рд░ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реИ 8рд╡реНрдпрд╛ рдЖрдгрд┐ 9рд╡реНрдпрд╛ рдкреНрд░рдореБрдЦ рд╢рд┐рд▓рд╛рд▓реЗрдЦрд╛рдВрдЪреЗ рддреБрдХрдбреЗ.[17] рдореБрдХреНрдд рдЙрднреЗ рджрдЧрдбрд╛рд╡рд░ рдХреЛрд░рд▓реЗрд▓реЗ. рднрдЧрд╡рд╛рди рд▓рд╛рд▓ рдЗрдВрджреНрд░рдЬреА рдпрд╛рдВрдиреА рдПрдкреНрд░рд┐рд▓ 1882 рдордзреНрдпреЗ рдЙрддреНрдЦрдирди рдХреЗрд▓реЗрд▓реНрдпрд╛ рдмреМрджреНрдз рд╕реНрддреВрдкрд╛рдЪреЗ рдЕрд╡рд╢реЗрд╖ рд╕рд╛рдкрдбрд▓реЗ. рдирд╛рд▓рд╛ рд╕реЛрдкрд╛рд░рд╛ рд╕реНрд╡реАрдХрд╛рд░рд▓рд╛ рдЖрд╣реЗ #ashoka #asoka #samratashoka #inscriptionofashoka #rockedictsofashoka #excavated #gold #silver #buddhist #stupa #scholars #samratashokadisciple #tradecenter #bronze #stone #satavahanas #buddhism #crystal #coffer #gautamiputra #karle #nashik #naneghat #kanheri #maiterya #asiatic #society #mumbaimuseum (at Nalasopara) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgenP45PUlU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=