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Jan 1, 2001 · Though Thapar writes that Ashoka's political and social vision failed to hold the empire together long after his death, the nearly thirty years of peace during his reign, the extensive construction of roads and the trade-facilitating empire-wide administration set up by the Mauryas spawned an era of economic growth that lasted well after the ...
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A8OKA AND THE DECLINE OF THE MAUJRYAS. By Romila Thapar. (New York: Oxford University Press. I96I. Pp. Viii, 283. $7.20.) FOR the past half century the reign of Asoka Maurya (269-232 B.C.) has been a subject of numerous detailed studies commenting upon aspects of his life,
Oct 7, 2023 · Romila Thapar. Author Patrick Olivelle's book, 'Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King', locates history within legends and mythologies by tracing the Buddhist king's intellectual journey.
Romila Thapar (romila.thapar@gmail.com) is professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. To speak of the king Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty in a retrospective vein is to race through virtually the entire span of Indian history. The question frequently asked is, why was this extra ordinary ruler seemingly ignored in the
Apr 8, 2022 · Aśoka's Dhamma is both religion and politics at the same time, a universal ethic for a diverse empire, or what Patrick Olivelle called a ‘civil religion’. Bhargava identified Aśoka as one of the ‘roots’ of Indian pluralism, if not of secularism.
Apr 22, 2022 · After her thesis on Buddhist emperor Ashoka at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Thapar would go on to spend decades teaching at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Feb 20, 2020 · Following is an edited interview of Professor Romila Thapar with Dev Kumar Jhanjh on Ashokan inscriptions. Dr Kanad Sinha also participates in the conversation. Dev Kumar Jhanjh (DKJ): So to start with, ma’am, if we look at your latest works, you have focused more on the textual sources.
