Author	Thapar, Romila
Title	Asoka and the decline of the Mauryas [electronic resource] / Romila Thapar
Imprint	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012
Edition	3rd ed
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198077244.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource : ill., maps

This authoritative work is based largely on the edicts of Asoka whose policies are analysed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the 3rd and 4th centuries BC - one of the most important periods of Indian civilization

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