Readership: This book is an important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students and teachers, as well as researchers of ancient Indian history. It will also interest the informed general reader.
Romila Thapar
Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She also holds the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress, and is Professorial Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. An Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell University.
List of Plates Pre-word List of Abbreviations 1: The Background and the Sources 2: Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Asoka 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 Mauryas Conclusion Appendices 1. The Date of the Arthastra 2. The Titles of Asoka 3. The Geographical Location of the Edicts 4. Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period 5. A Translation of the Edicts of A?oka 6. Mauryan Art Afterword Bibliography Index.
