Minor Pillar Edicts in the context of "Lumbini pillar inscription"

The Lumbini pillar inscription, also called the Paderia inscription, is an inscription in the ancient Brahmi script, discovered in December 1896 on a pillar of Ashoka in Lumbini, Nepal by former Chief of the Nepalese Army General Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana under the authority of Nepalese government and assisted by Alois Anton Führer. Another famous inscription discovered nearby in a similar context is the Nigali-Sagar inscription. The Lumbini inscription is categorized among the Minor Pillar Edicts of Ashoka, and is a commemoration of his visit in the area. Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.