From which of the following places in Uttarakhand, did we find ancient Rock-Edicts?

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(c) Kalsi — Kalsi (Khalsi) is located in Dehradun district, Uttarkhand at the confluence of Yamuna and Tons rivers. • Here, the site of Ashoka's inscriptions at Kalsi is the only place in North India where the great Mauryan emperor has inscribed the set of all the fourteen rock eidcts. • Language of these edicts is Pali and the script is Brahmi. During Mauryan age, Kalsi was a major trading centre and so Ashoka inscribed a rock edict here to preach the principle of Dhamma to maximum people. • There are several distinguishing features like the presence of royal elephant on edicts.

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(A) Pandukeshwar

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(B) Palethi

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(D) Taleshwar

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