Ashoka : portrait of a philosopher king

Ashoka : portrait of a philosopher king / Patrick Olivelle.

Author/creator	Olivelle, Patrick author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2023.
Copyright Notice	©2023
Description	xxxv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations( chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C. Buddhists--Biography. Buddhism--History --To ca. 100 A.D. Buddhism--India --History. Bouddhisme--Histoire. Bouddhisme--Inde --Histoire. India--Kings and rulers --Biography. India--History --Maurya dynasty, ca. 322 B.C.-ca. 185 B.C. Inde--Histoire --ca 322-ca 185 av. J.-C. (Dynastie Maurya)

Portion of title	Portrait of a philosopher king
Contents	The many Ashokas -- Ashoka by any other name -- Rājā : Ashoka the king -- Maurya -- Ruler -- Writer -- Builder -- Upāsaka : Ashoka the Buddhist -- Deepening the faith -- Exhorting the sangha -- Spreading the faith -- Dharma : Ashoka the moral philosopher -- Pivoting to dharma -- Dharma as moral philosophy -- Preaching dharma -- Pāṣaṇḍa : Ashoka the ecumenist -- Religious diversity -- Ecumenism -- Civil religion -- Ashoka's legacy and the unravelling of the Ashokan experiment.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-340) and index.
LCCN	2023933125
ISBN	9780300270006 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0300270003 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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