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There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to... Read Full Overview

There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to... Read Full Overview

There are few historical figures more integral to South Asian history than Emperor Ashoka, a third-century BCE king who ruled over a larger area of the Indian subcontinent than anyone else before British colonial rule. Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to... Read Full Overview

A sovereign whose authority extended over most of the Indian subcontinent, the commissioner of a unique set of engraved edicts addressed to his people, a rare example of a ruler acknowledging his errors and publicly apologizing, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (3rd century BCE) is... Read Full Overview