Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

With a New Afterword, Bibliography and Index

by Romila Thapar

344 pages· 1997· ISBN 9780195644456
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First published by the Clarendon Press in 1961, this authoritative work 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 is a thoroughly revised edition, with a substantial new afterword by the author, a revised bibliography and index, and a map showing new archaeological sites.

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