Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
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2012
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3rd Revised edition
OUP India (Verlag)
9780198077244 (ISBN)
OUP India (Verlag)
9780198077244 (ISBN)
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.
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 A?oka. 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.
This book is an important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students and teachers, as well as researchers of ancient Indian history. It will also interest the informed general reader.
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 A?oka. 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.
This book is an important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students and teachers, as well as researchers of ancient Indian history. It will also interest the informed general reader.
Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She also holds the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress, and is Professorial Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. An Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell University.
LIST OF PLATES; PRE-WORD; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; 1. THE DATE OF THE ARTHASTRA; 2. THE TITLES OF ASOKA; 3. THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE EDICTS; 4. POTTERY AND COINS OF THE MAURYAN PERIOD; 5. A TRANSLATION OF THE EDICTS OF A?OKA; 6. MAURYAN ART; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford India Perennials Series |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 6 black and white plates, 5 maps |
| Verlagsort | New Delhi |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 142 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 460 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780198077244 / 9780198077244 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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