Romila Thapar

Broschiertes Buch

Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Romila Thapar is Professor Emeritus at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She also holds the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress, and is Professorial Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. An Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, she has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Cornell University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780198077244
• ISBN-10: 0198077246
• Artikelnr.: 35482536