Ashoka: The Search for India’s Lost Emperor by Charles Allen
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Emperor Ashoka, Rock Edict VII
Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor by Charles Allen
By means of archaeological finds, historian Charles Allen pieces together the life and reign of Emperor Ashoka, the third century BCE Mauryan king who renounced violence and embraced pacifism. Ashoka is often mythologised and eulogised in Indian history, and so it's easy to forget that he was, at the end of the day, a human being.
Read This Book to meet not just Ashoka the Great but also Ashoka the Man.