Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, Third Edition (Oxford India Perennials Series)

This book discusses the history of the Mauryas with a special emphasis on the reign and activities of Asoka. It focuses on sources, socio-economic conditions, administration, Dhamma, foreign relations, and the decline of the Mauryas. This third edition contains a new foreword which updates research. acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-1 Title Pages Romila Thapar Title Pages (p.i) Aśoka And The Decline of the Mauryas (p.iii) Aśoka And The Decline of the Mauryas Title Pages acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-4 Dedication Romila Thapar Dedication acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-6 (p.ix) Illustrations and Appendices Romila Thapar (p.ix) Illustrations and Appendices (p.ix) Illustrations and Appendices acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-7 (p.xi) Preface Romila Thapar (p.xi) Preface (p.xi) Preface Notes: acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-8 (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* Romila Thapar (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) PrewordAśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* Notes: (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* (p.xv) Preword Aśoka, a Retrospective* acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-9 (p.xli) Abbreviations Romila Thapar (p.xli) Abbreviations (p.xli) Abbreviations acprof-9780198077244-chapter-1 The Background and the Source Romila Thapar The Background and the Source Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source The Background and the Source Notes: The Background and the Source The Background and the Source acprof-9780198077244-chapter-2 Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Romila Thapar Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Notes: Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka Early Life, Accession, and Chronology of the Reign of Aśoka acprof-9780198077244-chapter-3 Society and Economic Activity Romila Thapar Society and Economic Activity Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Notes: Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity Society and Economic Activity acprof-9780198077244-chapter-4 Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Romila Thapar Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Notes: Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations Internal Administration and Foreign Relations acprof-9780198077244-chapter-5 The Policy of Dhamma Romila Thapar The Policy of Dhamma Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma Notes: The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma The Policy of Dhamma acprof-9780198077244-chapter-6 The Later Mauryas Romila Thapar The Later Mauryas Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas Notes: The Later Mauryas The Later Mauryas acprof-9780198077244-chapter-7 The Decline of the Mauryas Romila Thapar The Decline of the Mauryas Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas Notes: The Decline of the Mauryas The Decline of the Mauryas acprof-9780198077244-chapter-8 Conclusion Romila Thapar Conclusion Romila Thapar Abstract and Keywords Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion Conclusion Notes: acprof-9780198077244-miscMatter-10 (p.273) Afterword Romila Thapar (p.273) Afterword Inscriptions (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Archaeology (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Punch Marked Coins (p.273) Afterword Aśokan Pillars as Monuments (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Textual Sources The arthaśāstra of kauṭalya (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword The Indica of Megasthenes (p.273) Afterword Buddhist Sources (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Mauryan Chronology (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Aśoka and Buddhism (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword The Mauryan Empire (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword Notes: (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword (p.273) Afterword acprof-9780198077244-appendix-1 (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra Romila Thapar (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra Notes: (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra (p.338) Appendix 1 The Date of the Arthaśāstra acprof-9780198077244-appendix-2 (p.348) Appendix II The Titles of Aśoka Romila Thapar (p.348) Appendix II The Titles of Aśoka (p.348) Appendix II The Titles of Aśoka Notes: acprof-9780198077244-appendix-3 (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts Romila Thapar (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts Notes: (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts (p.350) Appendix III The Geographical Locations of the Edicts acprof-9780198077244-appendix-4 (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period Romila Thapar (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period Pottery (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period Punch-marked Coins (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period Notes: (p.363) Appendix IV Pottery and Coins of the Mauryan Period acprof-9780198077244-appendix-5 (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka Romila Thapar (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka The Major Rock Edicts 1st Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 2nd Major rock edict 3rd Major rock edict 4th Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 5th Major rock edict 6th Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 7th Major rock edict 8th Major rock edict 9th Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 10th Major rock edict 11th Major rock edict 12th Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 13th Major rock edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 14th Major rock edict 1st Separate edict (dhauli and jaugaḍa) (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka (p.386) 2nd Separate edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka (p.387) The Minor Rock Inscriptions Minor rock edict (a conflation of the various versions) (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka (p.388) The queen’s edict Barābar Cave Inscriptions Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription Minor Rock Inscriptions (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka Bhabra inscription Rummindei pillar inscription (p.390) Nigalisāgar pillar inscription (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka The Pillar Edicts 1st Pillar edict 2nd Pillar edict 3rd Pillar edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 4th Pillar edict 5th Pillar edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka 6th Pillar edict 7th Pillar edict (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka (p.376) Appendix V A Translation of the Edicts of Aśoka Notes: acprof-9780198077244-appendix-6 (p.397) Appendix VI Mauryan Art Romila Thapar (p.397) Appendix VI 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[UNTITLED] Romila Thapar [UNTITLED] [UNTITLED] [UNTITLED] The Mauryan period witnessed the rise of the first subcontinental empire which required administration appropriate to a changing political economy, communication adequate to a subcontinental territory, and new ideological attempts to draw support from a multicultural population. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the history of early India and its linkages with later developments. It discusses the history of the Mauryas with a special emphasis on the reign and activities of Aśoka. The author focuses on sources, socio-economic conditions, administration, Dhamma, foreign relations, and the decline of the Mauryas. This new edition includes a Pre-word, updating the research on the subject. -- Amazon.com