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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford India Perennials Series
ISBN-10
0198077246
ISBN-13
9780198077244
Edition
3 Revised edition
Publisher
OUP India
Imprint
OUP India
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2012
Print length
392 Pages
Weight
420 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.10 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
IndiaAsian historyAncient history: to c 500 CEArchaeologyAncient historyAsian historyArchaeology
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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.
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