* Major Rock Edicts -- Fourteen edicts and the two separate edicts found at sites in Kalinga.
* Minor Rock Inscriptions -- The Minor Rock Edict, the Queen's Edict, the Barabar Cave Inscriptions, and the Kandahar bilingual Inscriptions
* A second section of this division consists of minor rock inscriptions concerned entirely with the Buddhist community or Buddhist generally. These include the Bhabra Inscription, the Rummindei Pillar Inscription, the Nigalisagar Pillar Inscription, and the Schism Edict.
* The Pillar Edicts -- Seven Pillar Edicts.
