Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost EmperorLittle, Brown Book Group, 21.2.2012 - 480 sivua India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone he turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion, and set up a new yardstick for government. But Ashoka's bold experiment ended in tragedy and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years. |