Aśoka, the Righteous: A Definitive Biography

A-yu-wang-chuan Aramaic Aśoka Aśokan inscriptions Aśokan scholars Aśokāvadāna Avadānas Bhikkhus Bindusāra Bodhi-tree Brahmans brother Buddha Buddhist tradition Candragupta century Chapter chief consort Chinese chronicle conquest consecration dated Dharma Dharmalipi Dharmamahāmātras Dharmavijaya Dhauli Dipavamsa Divyāvadāna document emperor empire epigraphical episode evidence footnote Gandhāra Girnar Greek hevam Hiuen Tsang Ibid India iyam Jaina Jalauka Jaugada Kalinga Kalinga war Kalsi Kashmir Kunāla Lankan Pali sources legends 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 Pillar prince Przyluski Purāṇas queen Radha Kumud Mookerji records reference regards region regnal reign relics religious Rock Edicts Romila Thapar Samantapāsādikā Sangha Sanghamitta Sanskrit says Shahbazgarhi Sinhala Sircar Sri Lankan Pali statement story stūpas Sumana Susima Takṣaśilā Taxila Thera Thera Mahinda Thera Moggaliputtatissa throne translated Ujjain Upagupta Vamsatthappakāsini viceroy