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Searching for Ashoka : questing for a Buddhist king from India to Thailand / Nayanjot Lahiri.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lahiri, Nayanjot, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--India--History.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhism--Sri Lanka--History.
- Sri Lanka.
- India.
- India--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.
- Aśoka.
- Genre:
- History
- Biographies
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lahiri, Nayanjot Searching for Ashoka
- ISBN:
- 9781438492865
- 1438492863
- OCLC:
- 1370497817
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