Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas : with a new afterword, bibliography, and index /

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Author / Creator:Thapar, Romila.
Edition:Rev. ed.
Imprint:Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:viii, 344 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2847902
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ISBN:0195639324
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-332) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Background and the Sources
  • II. Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Asoka
  • III. Society and Economic Activity
  • IV. Internal Administration and Foreign Relations
  • V. The Policy of Dhamma
  • VI. The Later Mauryas
  • VII. The Decline of the Mauryas
  • App. I. The Date of the Arthasastra
  • App. II. The Titles of Asoka
  • App. III. The Geographical Locations of the Edicts
  • App. IV. Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period
  • App. V. A Translation of the Edicts of Asoka
  • App. VI. Mauryan Art.