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Ashoka : The Search For Indias Lost Emperor
by Charles Allen (Author),
Abacus (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
About the Book: Ashoka: The Search for Indias Lost Emperor
Indias lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place inhistory. In his quest to
govern India by moral force alone heturned Buddhism from a minor sect into a
world religion, and set upa new yardstick for government. But Ashokas bold
experiment endedin tragedy and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years.
Inthis beautifully written, multi-layered journey Charles Allendescribes how
fragments of the Ashokan story were graduallydiscovered, pieced together by a
variety of British Orientalists:antiquarians, archaeologists and epigraphists.
In doing so, theydid much to recover Indias ancient history itself. The Lost
Emperortells the story of the man
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780349122380
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Abacus
Publishing Date 2013
Product Edition 1