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ashoka
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
Nandan S Kaushik
· Nov 04, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘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’
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
Irwin Allan Sealy
· Jul 13, 2021 · 05:30 pm
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
Aparna Kapadia
· Jan 26, 2020 · 09:05 am
