Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas / Romila Thapar.

By:

Thapar, Romila

Material type: Text

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

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DDC classification:

23 934 THA

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library History & Geography	Non-fiction	934 THA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		41695

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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