$26.70
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
26 February 2013
Summary
India’s lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone he turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion, and set up a new yardstick for government. But Ashoka’s bold experiment ended in tragedy and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years.
In this beautifully written, multi-layered journey Charles Allen describes how fragments of the Ashokan story were gradually discovered, pieced together by a variety of Br…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349122380 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349122385 |
| Author: | Charles Allen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 26 February 2013 |
| Weight: | 332g |
| Dimensions: | 131mm x 200mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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About The Author
Charles Allen
Charles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about Indian and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.
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