In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian ...
Regarding Maxwell Carter’s review of “Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King” by Patrick Olivelle (Books, Jan. 27): One can be benign only if one has the choice to be ruthless. One can be credited for ...
The emergence of the Brahmi script can be dated back to the time of the PGW culture, which former ASI director-general BB Lal ...
The Sanchi Stupa, built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century, is one of the world's oldest and most famous ...