The Mauryas

Author : K.A. Nilakants Sastri
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120804651
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Age of the Nandas and Mauryas written by K.A. Nilakants Sastri and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work deals with the period c. 400-185 B.C. which saw grat changes in the political, economic and artistic life of India. Alexander, Chandragputa, Chanakya and Asoka dominate the period. We get vivid pictures of the outstanding events of the period--as of Alexander's conquests and their influence on the cultural life of India, of the fusion of Brahma-Ksatra in the early Mauryan rule after the overthrow of the Nandas and of the rule of Asoka and his successors.The work consists of eleven chapters contributed by eminent historians. The reader would find the chapters on Mauryan Polity, Industry, Art, Religion, Language, and Literature very interesting and instructive.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195644456
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas written by Romila Thapar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published by the Clarendon Press in 1961, this authoritative work is based largely on the edicts of Asoka, whose policies are analysed against the background of Mauryan civilization during the third and fourth centuries BC. This is a thoroughly revised edition, with a substantial new afterword by the author, a revised bibliography and index, and a map showing new archaeological sites.

Author : Devika Rangachari
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9392099339
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mauryas written by Devika Rangachari and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From c. 324 BCE to c. 185 BCE, the Mauryas controlled almost the entire Indian subcontinent with efficiency and administrative finesse. Beginning with the origins of Magadha in the sixth century BCE, this definitive book on the Mauryas captures the drama, the colourful betrayals and the intrigues of the Mauryan dynasty in Magadha, starting with its enigmatic founder, Chandragupta Maurya, and his even more enigmatic mentor, Chanakya/ Kautilya, who helped him to get the throne. Chandragupta’s son and heir, Bindusara, is an extremely shadowy, elusive figure in the historical narrative of the Mauryas. Sandwiched between his well-known father and his even more well-known son, Ashoka, Bindusara has slipped through the cracks of known history. Yet the little bits of evidence that we glean about him from varied sources suggest a ruler of power and foresight. A man of eclectic and whimsical tastes, even, who ensured that his heir would inherit a vaster empire than he did. Ashoka, Bindusara’s son, was not only the most powerful Mauryan ruler but also one of the best-known monarchs in Indian history. There are several wildly imaginative tales that document his transition from Ashoka the Fierce to Ashoka the Contrite, consequent on the battle of Kalinga in c. 261 BCE where, horrified at the bloodshed, he underwent a radical personal and spiritual transformation and documented this fact all over his empire through inscriptions on pillars and rocks that have endured till today—a brilliant, pioneering method of communication. An incisive wit and humour makes Devika Rangachari’s The Mauryas sparkle even when it is disentangling grave accounts of significant battles or tedious details of city planning. Culling details from secular and religious literary traditions, Graeco-Roman accounts and archaeological evidence to elucidate this lesser-known period of our ancient past, The Mauryas concludes with an analysis of the enduring legacy of this remarkable dynasty and its strong resonances in our present.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199088683
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas written by Romila Thapar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic provides a comprehensive account of the hstory of the Mauryas with a special emphasis on the reign and activities of Aśoka. It examines the sources, socio-economic conditions, administration, Dhamma, foreign relations, and the decline of the Mauryas. This edition comes with a new Pre-word which updates research on the subject.

Author : Radhakumud Mookerji
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
ISBN 13 : 8120804333
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chandragupta Maurya and His Times written by Radhakumud Mookerji and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive work dealing with the life and times of India's first historical emperor, and a picture of the civilization of India in the early period of the fourth century BC. The author while enlightening on the origin and early life, conquests and chronology, administration, ideals, divisions, presents the reader in the court of the first historical emperor of India, duly attended by his popular ministers and officers and acquaints the student with the rules of service and administrative departments. Land system and rural administration are surveyed along with the municipal administration of the times. Justice personified in the King appears before us along with the huge divisions of the army to maintain it. Social and economic conditions have been so elaborately discussed as to cause surprise and curiosity. As a matter of fact, the author takes the reader back to the golden times as if by magic. To render the matter easily accessible to the reader an Index of subjects, an Index of Technical Terms, three Appendices and a plate of typical Mauryan coins, have also been added. This work is meant to fill up a gap in the knowledge of Ancient India.

Author : Kau?alya
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 8184950292
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kautilya's Arthashastra written by Kau?alya and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kautilya, also known as Chanakya, is India s most illustrious political economist of all time. He regarded economic activity as the driving force behind the functioning of any political dispensation. In fact, he went to the extent of saying that revenue should take priority over the army because sustaining the army was possible out of a well-managed revenue system.Kautilya advocated limiting the taxation power of the State, having low rates of taxation, maintaining a gradual increase in taxation and most importantly devising a tax structure that ensured compliance. He strongly encouraged foreign trade, basing it on the premise that for a successful trade contract to be established, it had to be beneficial to all. He emphasised State control and investment in land, water and mining. Kautilya was a true statesman who bridged the gap between experience and vision. For Kautilya, good governance was paramount. He suggested built-in checks and balances in systems and procedures for the containment of malpractices. Many postulates of Kautilya s philosophy of political economy are applicable to contemporary times.

Author : Colleen Taylor Sen
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789145953
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty written by Colleen Taylor Sen and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating history of the ancient Maurya Empire and its great leader Ashoka, offering insight into the lasting political and cultural legacies of both. At its peak in 250 BCE, the Maurya Empire was the wealthiest and largest empire in the world, extending across much of modern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. In this book, Colleen Taylor Sen explores the life, achievements, and legacy of the Maurya emperor Ashoka, one of the greatest leaders in Indian history. Sen relates how, after a bloody war in 261 BCE, Ashoka renounced violence and spent the rest of his life promoting religious tolerance, animal rights, environmental protection, peace, and multiculturalism—a policy he called Dhamma. This well-illustrated book explores the legacy and influence of the Mauryas in politics throughout Southeast Asia, China, and India, as well as contemporary popular culture.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mauryas Revisited written by Romila Thapar and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mahesh Vikram Singh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Society Under the Mauryas written by Mahesh Vikram Singh and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Singh
Publisher : Pearson Education India
ISBN 13 : 9788131720417
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Longman History & Civics ICSE 9 written by Singh and published by Pearson Education India. This book was released on with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: