yojana?

Ruicha Mishra aditya at smart1.net
Sun Jun 1 14:59:03 UTC 1997



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> From: Jacob Baltuch <jacob.baltuch at euronet.be>
> To: Members of the list <indology at liverpool.ac.uk>
> Subject: yojana?
> Date: Sunday, June 01, 1997 8:00 AM
> 
> Does anyone know what a yojana is worth about
> and what the etymology of the word is?
> 
> It is a measure of distance used in Ashoka's 13th
> rock edict.

As I remember, it is equal to about 4 miles






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