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Description of  Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas: With a new afterword, bibliography and index (Oxford India Collection)

First published in 1961, this classic work is based largely on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analyzed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries B.C. The present edition has been thoroughly revised with a new afterword and archaeological site map.