Kaurvaki (b. 288 BCE; d. n.d.) was the second queen of the Mauryan king Ashoka and the only queen to be named in the Queen’s edict of the Allahabad-Kosambi Ashokan pillar. Her son Tivala has also been mentioned in various inscriptions.
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