Ashoka in Ancient India by Nayanjot Lahiri

Ashoka in Ancient India

Nayanjot Lahiri

410 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced
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In the third century BCE Ashoka ruled in South Asia and Afghanistan, and came to be seen 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 o...

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