Aśoka, the Righteous: A Definitive Biography

A-yu-wang-chuan Ajivakas Aramaic Aśoka Aśokan inscriptions Aśokan scholars Avadāna Bhikkhus Bindusara Bodhi-tree Brahmans brother Buddha Buddhist tradition Candragupta century Chapter chief consort Chinese chronicle conquest consecration Dharma Dharmalipi Dharmamahāmātras Dharmavijaya Dhauli Dipavamsa Divyāvadāna document emperor empire epigraphical episode evidence footnote Girnar Greek hevam Hiuen Tsang Ibid India iyam Jaina Jalauka Jaugada Kalinga Kalinga war King Devānampriya Kunāla Lankan Pali sources literary sources Madhab Madhab Barua Mahāmātras Mahāvamsa Mahinda Maurya Dynasty Maurya empire mentioned ministers mission monasteries monks Nanda Nigrodha Nilakanta Sastri Northern Buddhist sources Pataliputra prince Priyadarsi promotion of Dharma Przyluski queen Radha Kumud Mookerji Rajjukas records reference regards region regnal reign relics religious Rock Edicts Romila Thapar Samanera Samantapāsādikā Sangha Sanghamitta Sanskrit says Shahbazgarhi Sinhala Sircar Sri Lankan Pali statement story stūpas Susima Taxila Thera Thera Mahinda Thera Moggaliputtatissa translated Ujjain Upagupta Vamsatthappakāsini viceroy