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Ashoka

  • How TM Krishna turned Emperor Ashoka’s ‘environmental’ messages into music

    How TM Krishna turned Emperor Ashoka’s ‘environmental’ messages into music

    Nayanjot Lahiri TM Krishna
    · Aug 30, 2025 · 08:00 am
  • Emperor Ashoka’s edicts prove that he valued secularism and non-violence above all else

    Emperor Ashoka’s edicts prove that he valued secularism and non-violence above all else

    Upinder Singh
    · Feb 09, 2024 · 08:30 am
  • An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone

    An innovative new biography of Emperor Ashoka reads his life from his edicts alone

    Nandan S Kaushik
    · Nov 04, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Ashoka was not faceless. He made himself visible through his words’: historian Nayanjot Lahiri

    ‘Ashoka was not faceless. He made himself visible through his words’: historian Nayanjot Lahiri

    Abhishek Roy
    · Nov 05, 2022 · 12:30 pm
  • Even if you know everything about Emperor Ashoka, there are very good reasons to read ‘Asoca’

    Even if you know everything about Emperor Ashoka, there are very good reasons to read ‘Asoca’

    Sahana Hegde
    · Sep 11, 2021 · 12:30 pm
  • ‘Asoca’: Irwin Allan Sealy’s new novel is a modern reconstruction of the life of Emperor Ashoka

    ‘Asoca’: Irwin Allan Sealy’s new novel is a modern reconstruction of the life of Emperor Ashoka

    Irwin Allan Sealy
    · Jul 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Why Emperor Ashoka and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are more similar than we might imagine

    Why Emperor Ashoka and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi are more similar than we might imagine

    Upinder Singh
    · May 27, 2021 · 08:30 am
  • Why Ashoka, the emperor of India who inspired the symbols of new republic, is still worth reading

    Why Ashoka, the emperor of India who inspired the symbols of new republic, is still worth reading

    Aparna Kapadia
    · Jan 26, 2020 · 09:05 am