Early life, accession, and chronology of the reign of Asoka -- Society and economic activity -- Internal administration and foreign relations -- The policy of Dhamma -- Later Mauryas -- Decline of the Mauryas

1. Aśoka
2. King of Magadha
3. active 259 B.C
4. India -- History -- Maurya dynasty
5. ca. 322 B.C.-ca. 185 B.C.