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Author : Meena V. Talim
Release : 2010
Genre : Buddhist inscriptions
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Book Synopsis Edicts of King Aśoka by : Meena V. Talim
Download or read book Edicts of King Aśoka written by Meena V. Talim. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aśoka, fl. 272 B.C.-232 B.C., King of Magadha.
Author : Aśoka (King of Magadha)
Release : 1959
Genre : Buddhism [1959].
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Book Synopsis The Edicts of Asoka by : Aśoka (King of Magadha)
Download or read book The Edicts of Asoka written by Aśoka (King of Magadha). This book was released on 1959. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shravasti Dhammika
Release : 1993
Genre : Buddhism
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Book Synopsis The Edicts of King Asoka by : Shravasti Dhammika
Download or read book The Edicts of King Asoka written by Shravasti Dhammika. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aśoka (King of Magadha)
Release : 1978-10-15
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Edicts of Asoka by : Aśoka (King of Magadha)
Download or read book Edicts of Asoka written by Aśoka (King of Magadha). This book was released on 1978-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asoka, the remarkable Indian ruler of third century B. C., who not only renounced the warlike policies of his early career but actually made a public proclamation of his errors, left a record of his teachings which he hoped would endure forever. It was inscribed on stone, not as a monument to himself but as a record of moral law. "The Edicts of Asoka," writes Richard McKeon in his Foreword, "form part of a large body of literature, drawn from all cultures, which seeks power not in domination of men or accumulation of possessions but in conquest of self, in understanding of others, and in conquest of self, in understanding of others, and in contemplation of truths within the scope of reason and goods within the scope of action...The classics of this literature may take on a new importance and a new power in the world today." -- from back cover.
Author : Nayanjot Lahiri
Release : 2015-08-05
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Ashoka in Ancient India by : Nayanjot Lahiri
Download or read book Ashoka in Ancient India written by Nayanjot Lahiri. This book was released on 2015-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian subcontinent, and future generations of Asians came to see him as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka’s life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid biography of this extraordinary Indian emperor and deepens our understanding of a legacy that extends beyond the bounds of Ashoka’s lifetime and dominion. At the center of Lahiri’s account is the complex personality of the Maurya dynasty’s third emperor—a strikingly contemplative monarch, at once ambitious and humane, who introduced a unique style of benevolent governance. Ashoka’s edicts, carved into rock faces and stone pillars, reveal an eloquent ruler who, unusually for the time, wished to communicate directly with his people. The voice he projected was personal, speaking candidly about the watershed events in his life and expressing his regrets as well as his wishes to his subjects. Ashoka’s humanity is conveyed most powerfully in his tale of the Battle of Kalinga. Against all conventions of statecraft, he depicts his victory as a tragedy rather than a triumph—a shattering experience that led him to embrace the Buddha’s teachings. Ashoka in Ancient India breathes new life into a towering figure of the ancient world, one who, in the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, “was greater than any king or emperor.”
