Asoka

Includes index

Written by one of the eminent historians this book bring out substantially the chief features of Kind Asoka’s glorious rule. It represents Asoka as a great humanitarian wise statesman good administrator, social reformer and upholder of truth, law and order. Nowhere else can we get such an immense wealth of information on the social and cultural milieu in the reign of this monarch. The book is divided into eight chapters. Of these the first six deal with the early life and family of the Emperor, the details of his career as king, his administration, religion monuments and the social conditions of the country during the period. The last two chapters contain the text of the inscriptions, their translation and annotation. Chapter II and VII are followed by appendices on the Asokan chronology from the legends and Rock Edicts. Chapters VIII has an appendix on the Script, Dialect and Grammar of the inscriptions. The value of the books enhanced by the insertion of an index, and addenda on some valuble inscriptions and Rock Edicts fifteen plates and map of Asoka Empire.