ePub Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas: With a new afterword; bibliography and index (Oxford India Collection) by Romila Thapar in History

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First published in 1961; this classic work is based largely on the edicts of Asoka; whose policies are analyzed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries B.C. The present edition has been thoroughly revised with a new afterword and archaeological site map.