Discover India's oldest monument. Commissioned by Emperor Ashoka, it is a key site for early Buddhist stone architecture and ...

Commissioned by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great, the Great Sanchi Stupa was originally built in the 3rd Century BC. Sanchi was remodeled around 185 BC to twice its original size. The oldest ...

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 Sanchi Stupa, built by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century, is one of the world's oldest and most famous ...