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000470974 1001_ $$aAllen, Charles,$$d1940-
000470974 24510 $$aAshoka :$$bthe search for India's lost emperor /$$cCharles Allen.
000470974 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bThe Overlook Press,$$c2012.
000470974 300__ $$axix, 460 p. :$$bill., map ;$$c24 cm.
000470974 500__ $$aOriginally published: London : Little, Brown, 2012.
000470974 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [426]-447) and index.
000470974 5050_ $$aThe king without sorrow -- The breaking of idols -- The golden column of Firoz Shah -- Objects of enquiry -- Enter Alexander -- Furious Orientalists -- The long shadow of Horace Hayman Wilson -- Prinsep's Ghat -- Thus spake King Piyadasi -- Brian Hodgson's gift -- Records of the Western regions -- Alexander Cunningham the Great -- Sir Alexander in excelsis -- Corpus inscriptionum indicarum -- India after Cunningham -- Ashoka in the twentieth century -- The rise and fall of Ashokadharma -- Appendix. The Rock and Pillar Edicts.
000470974 520__ $$a"Ashoka Maurya-- or Ashoka the Great as he was later known-- holds a special place in the history of India. Through his third century BCE quest to govern the Indian subcontinent by moral force alone, Ashoka transformed Buddhism from a minor sect into a major world religion. His bold experiment ended in tragedy, and in the tumult that followed the historical record was cleansed so effectively that his name was largely forgotten for almost two thousand years. Yet, a few mysterious stone monuments and inscriptions miraculously survived the purge. In Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor, historian Charles Allen tells the incredible story of how a few enterprising archaeologists deciphered the mysterious lettering on keystones and recovered India's ancient past. Drawing from rich sources, Allen crafts a clearer picture of this enigmatic figure than ever before."--Publisher's website.
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