Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand

by Nayanjot Lahiri

Overview

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438492858
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	03/01/2023
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Nayanjot Lahiri is Professor of History at Ashoka University. Her previous books include Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization was Discovered; Marshalling the Past: Ancient India and Its Modern Histories; and Ashoka in Ancient India, which was awarded the John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History in 2016.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Encountering Ashoka

1. Imaging Ashoka at Sanchi

2. Among Kings at Kanaganahalli

3. On the Edge of a Junagadh Lake

4. Looking Back at Barabar

5. Searching Siblings in Sri Lanka

6. Among Relics and Shrines in Myanmar

7. Ashokas in Thailand

8. Fabricating Remembrance

Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The book is a product of academic labour, imagination and personal musings." — The Book Review

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