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Searching for Ashoka : Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand

By:

Lahiri, Nayanjot

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Orient Blackswan Private Ltd 2022Description: 244ISBN:

9781438492858

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

934.045 LAH

Contents:

Introduction: Encountering Ashoka -- 1. Imaging Ashoka at Sanchi -- 2. Among Kings at Kanaganahalli -- 3. On the Edge of a Junagadh Lake -- 4. Looking Back at Barabar -- 5. Searching Siblings in Sri Lanka -- 6. Among Relics and Shrines in Myanmar -- 7. Ashokas in Thailand -- 8. Fabricating Remembrance -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographs.

Summary: "Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes"--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Henry Martyn Institute Library General stacks	934.045 LAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		11-4776

"Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes"--

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