Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty : the history and legacy of ancient India's greatest empire /

Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty : the history and legacy of ancient India's greatest empire /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sen, Colleen Taylor, author.
Imprint:	London : Reaktion Books, 2022. ©2022
Description:	263 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Dynasties Dynasties.
Subject:	Aśoka, -- King of Magadha, -- active 259 B.C. Aśoka, -- King of Magadha, -- active 259 B.C. India -- History -- Maurya dynasty, ca. 322 B.C.-ca. 185 B.C. India. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12779258

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ISBN:	1789145961 9781789145960 9781789145953 (ebook)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.
Other form:	ebook version : 9781789145953

Table of Contents:

Foreword
1. The Rise of Magadha
2. Religious Life
3. The Persians, the Greeks and India
4. The First Mauryas: Bindusara and Chandragupta
5. Ashoka's Life and Inscriptions
6. Ashoka's Message of Dhamma
7. Legendary Ashoka: The Buddhist Narratives
8. Mauryan Government and Administration
9. Mauryan Economy and Society
10. The Decline of the Mauryas
11. The Legacy of the Mauryas
Appendix: The Discovery of the Mauryas
Timeline
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index