The Fourteen(14) Major Rock Edicts of King ASHOKA, The SAMRAT, greatest of the Indian Emporers

THE FOURTEEN MAJOR ROCK EDICTS OF SAMRAT ASHOKA

Ashoka's First Rock inscription is at Girnar.

IMPORTANT INSCRIPTIONS:

• Samrat Ashok reveals his actual name in the two inscriptions called Maski(Karanataka) and Junagarh/Gujara(Gujarat)
• He Declares his faith in Buddhism in Babru Edict
• He declared his policy as Secularism in Barabar inscription
• In 13th major rock edict he talks about kalinga war and the change in his personality
• Ashoka called himself DHARMA ASHOK in Saranath Pillar Edict.

Here are the fourteen Rock Inscriptions one-by-one.

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HURRICANE- A Brief Introduction to the Hurricanes, which were related to the geographical structure of Earth

HURRICANE

Named for Huracan, the Carib god of evil, the hurricane is an amazing yet destructive natural phenomenon that occurs about 40 to 50 times worldwide each year. Hurricane season takes place in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Central Pacific from June 1 to November 30 while in the Eastern Pacific the season is from May 15 to November 30.
Hurricane Formation
Due to the Coriolis effect, the regions between 5° and 20° north and south of the equator are the belts where hurricanes can form (there is not enough rotary motion between 5° north and south. The term cyclone is used in the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and the term typhoon is used in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator and west of the International Dateline.
The birth of a hurricane starts as a low pressure zone and builds into a tropical wave of low pressure. In addition to a disturbance in the tropical ocean water, the storms that become hurricanes also require warm ocean waters (above 80°F or 27°C down to 150 feet or 50 meters below sea level) and light upper level winds.

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