Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas / Romila Thapar.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford India perennialsPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xlii, 434 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780198077244
- 0198077246
- 23 934 THA
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1. The background and the sources 2. Early life, accession, and chronology of the reign of Aśoka 3. Society and economic activity 4. Internal administration and foreign relations 5. The policy of Dhamma 6. The later Mauryas 7. The decline of the Mauras 8. Conclusion.
Third revised edition of this work, based largely on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analysed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries BC. Includes a new afterword by the author, revised bibliography and index and a map showing new archaeological sites
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-417) and index.
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