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041			_aEng
082			_a934.045092 _bALL-A
100			_aAllen, Charles _930882
245			_aAshoka : _bthe search for India's lost emperor / _cCharles Allen
260			_bLittle, Brown Book Group, _c2013. _aLondon :
300			_axix, 460 p.
520			_aAshoka Maurya or Ashoka the Great as he was later known, holds a special place in the history of India. Through his third century BCE quest to govern the Indian subcontinent by moral force alone, Ashoka transformed Buddhism from a minor sect into a major world religion. His bold experiment ended in tragedy, and in the tumult that followed the historical record was cleansed so effectively that his name was largely forgotten for almost two thousand years.
650			_aGen _930524
690			_aEmperors _940401
690			_aKings and rulers _940402
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