Ebook: Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
Author: Thapar Romila
- Genre: History
- Tags: Aśoka King of Magadha active 259 B C India History Maurya dynasty ca 322 185 Asoka approximately 274 232 roi de Māgadha époque av J Inde Histoire Dynastie
- Year: 1961
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Delhi, Inde, India, Oxford, India.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Language: English
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"An authoritative work, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas is based largely on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analysed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries BC. This was one of the most important periods of Indian history which saw the emergence of a pattern that throws much light on the later developments of Indian civilization. The author offers an Read more...