Lauriya Araraj

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Lauriya-Areraj pillar of Ashoka
The Lauriya Areraj Pillar of Ashoka, East Champaran District.
Material	Polished sandstone
Period/culture	3rd Century BCE
Discovered	26° 33′ 0.82″ N 84° 38′ 51.29″ E
Place	Lauriya-Areraj, Champaran, India.
Present location	Lauriya Areraj, India
Lauriya Araraj

26°33′01″N 84°38′51″E / 26.550227°N 84.647581°E / 26.550227; 84.647581 Lauriya Areraj, also Lauriya Areraj, is a location name in the East Champaran District of the State of Bihar in India.

It is known for the presence of one of the Pillars of Ashoka.^[1] The pillar capital is missing, but the pillar bear six Edicts of Ashoka.^[2]

Despite the similarity of the names, it is located at a distance of 55 km to the southeast of the other Ashoka pillar at Lauriya Nandangarh.^{[citation needed]}