Edicts of king Asoka: a new vision
Talim, Meena
₹ 2400.00
The present book makes a pioneering attempt to provide the texts of Asoka's edicts converted into Pali along with English translations and observations. The present rendering of his edicts offers the reader insights into a powerful and capable ruler's attempt to establish an empire on the formulation of righteousness, a reign which makes the moral and spiritual welfare of his subjects its primary concern.
ISBN 13: 9788173053856
ISBN 10: 8173053855
Year: 2010
Pages etc.: xxxviii,354p., bibl., ind., 25cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Subject(s): History
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