Nayanjot Lahiri

Gebundenes Buch

Searching for Ashoka

Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand

Beschreibung

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.

Autor

Nayanjot Lahiri is Professor of History at Ashoka University. Her previous books include Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization was Discovered; Marshalling the Past: Ancient India and Its Modern Histories; and Ashoka in Ancient India, which was awarded the John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History in 2016.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SUNY Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 577g
• ISBN-13: 9781438492858
• ISBN-10: 1438492855
• Artikelnr.: 65696713