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Asoka and the decline of the Mauryas : with new afterword, bibliography and index / Romila Thapar.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.Description: xi, ; 344 p. ; ill, ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 019564445X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 934/.045
Contents:
List of plates -- Abbreviations -- The background and the sources -- Early life, accession, and chronology of the reign of Asoka -- Society and economic activity -- Internal administration and foreign relations -- The policy of dhamma -- The later mauryas -- Atl the decline of the mauryas -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This work is based on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analyzed against the background of Mauryan civilization in India during the third and fourth centuries BC. The author offers an interpretation of Asoka's connection with Buddhism.
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Books Books Dr. Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 4th Floor IP 934/.045 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G15423
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Includes bibliography and Index.

List of plates --
Abbreviations --
The background and the sources --
Early life, accession, and chronology of the reign of Asoka --
Society and economic activity --
Internal administration and foreign relations --
The policy of dhamma --
The later mauryas --
Atl the decline of the mauryas --
Conclusion --
Appendices --
Afterword --
Bibliography --
Index.

This work is based on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analyzed against the background of Mauryan civilization in India during the third and fourth centuries BC. The author offers an interpretation of Asoka's connection with Buddhism.

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