Lahiri Searching for Ashoka

Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4384-9286-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lahiri, Nayanjot

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: Encountering Ashoka

1. Imaging Ashoka at Sanchi

2. Among Kings at Kanaganahalli

3. On the Edge of a Junagadh Lake

4. Looking Back at Barabar

5. Searching Siblings in Sri Lanka

6. Among Relics and Shrines in Myanmar

7. Ashokas in Thailand

8. Fabricating Remembrance

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nayanjot Lahiri is Professor of History at Ashoka University. Her previous books include Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization was Discovered; Marshalling the Past: Ancient India and Its Modern Histories; and Ashoka in Ancient India, which was awarded the John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History in 2016.