Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas
/ by Romila Thapar
- New Delhi, India: Oxford Univ. Press, 2012.
- xlii, 434p.; 22 cm.
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.