Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty: The History and Legacy of Ancient India's Greatest Empire by Colleen Taylor Sen, Colleen Taylor Sen

Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty: The History and Legacy of Ancient India's Greatest Empire
Colleen Taylor Sen, Colleen Taylor Sen
Page: 296
Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
ISBN: 9781789145960
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty: The History and Legacy of Ancient India's Greatest Empire

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An illuminating history of the ancient Maurya Empire and its great leader Ashoka, offering insight into the lasting political and cultural legacies of both.
  
 At its peak in 250 BCE, the Maurya Empire was the wealthiest and largest empire in the world, extending across much of modern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. In this book, Colleen Taylor Sen explores the life, achievements, and legacy of the Maurya emperor Ashoka, one of the greatest leaders in Indian history. Sen relates how, after a bloody war in 261 BCE, Ashoka renounced violence and spent the rest of his life promoting religious tolerance, animal rights, environmental protection, peace, and multiculturalism—a policy he called Dhamma. This well-illustrated book explores the legacy and influence of the Mauryas in politics throughout Southeast Asia, China, and India, as well as contemporary popular culture.

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