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(Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.)

Ashoka's visit to the Ramagrama stupa Sanchi Stupa 1 Southern gateway. For interpretation see: Ashoka in Ancient India by Nayanjot Lahiri, Harvard University Press, 2015 p.295-296

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Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ə-SHOH-kə; Sanskrit: [ɐˈɕoːkɐ], IAST: Aśoka; c. 304 – 232 BCE), popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha from c. 268 BCE until his death, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty. His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east, with its capital at Pataliputra. A patron of Buddhism, he is credited with an important role in the spread of Buddhism across ancient Asia. (From Wikipedia)

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7 additional books about Asoka in the extended shelves:

Asoka. (Calcutta : The Association press, [1918], 1918), by James M. Macphail (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Asoka, the Buddhist emperor of India (Clarendon press, 1909), by Vincent A. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Asoka <Gaekwad lectures&gt (Macmillan and co., limited, 1928), by Radhakumud Mookerji (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Jainism, or, The early faith of Aṣoka; with illustrations of the ancient religions of the East, from the pantheon of the Indo-Scythians ... To which is prefixed a notice on Bactrian coins and Indian dates. (Trübner & co., 1877), by Edward Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
Indiens kultur in der blütezeit des Buddhismus: könig Asoka (F. Kirchheim, 1902), by Edmund Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
Asoka, the Buddhist emperor of India. (Clarendon press, 1901), by Vincent A. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Aśoka. (Calcutta : The Association Press, 1926., 1926), by James Merry Macphail (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Books by Asoka:

Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.: The Edicts of King Asoka, trans. by Shravasti Dhammika
- HTML at Access to Insight
- HTML with commentary at Colorado State
Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.: That the True Dhamma Might Last a Long Time: Readings Selected by King Asoka, ed. by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (HTML at Access to Insight)

Additional books by Asoka in the extended shelves:

Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.: G. Bühler's Beiträge zur erklärung der Aśoka-inschriften. (F.A. Brockhaus, 1909), also by Georg Bühler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C.: Inscriptions of Asoka (Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, 1877), also by E. Hultzsch and Alexander Cunningham (page images at HathiTrust)

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