TY - BOOK AU - Nayanjot Lahiri TI - Ashoka in ancient India SN - 9780674057777 U1 - 934.045092 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard university press KW - Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C KW - ancient India KW - Kings and rulers N2 - 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 ER -