Nayanjot Lahiri
Ashoka in ancient India - Cambridge Harvard university press 2015 - xix; 385p.
In the third century BCE Ashoka ruled in South Asia and Afghanistan, and came to be seen as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka's life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid biography of an emperor whose legacy extends far beyond the bounds of his lifetime and dominion.
9780674057777
Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C
ancient India
Kings and rulers
934.045092 / NAY/A
Ashoka in ancient India - Cambridge Harvard university press 2015 - xix; 385p.
In the third century BCE Ashoka ruled in South Asia and Afghanistan, and came to be seen as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka's life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid biography of an emperor whose legacy extends far beyond the bounds of his lifetime and dominion.
9780674057777
Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C
ancient India
Kings and rulers
934.045092 / NAY/A