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020 _a9780195644456
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_bTHA
100 _aThapar, Romila
245 0 _aAsoka and the Decline of the Mauryas
260 _bOxford University Press
_c1997
300 _a344 pages
500 _aFirst published by the Clarendon Press in 1961, this authoritative work is based largely on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analysed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries BC. This is a thoroughly revised edition, with a substantial new afterword by the author, a revised bibliography and index, and a map showing new archaeological sites.
650 _aHistory
942 _cENGLISH
999 _c575635
_d575635