Ashoka Vardhana, the third Mauryan emperor (the first great unified empire of India), has gone down in history for converting to Buddhism after witnessing the massacres resulting from the campaign he ...

Patrick Olivelle’s new book, Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King, on the Mauryan emperor views him purely as a historical figure, without the myths – using only the ancient emperor’s own ...

On January 26, India celebrates its Republic Day. On that day, 70 years ago, and three years after India’s Independence, the Indian Constitution came into effect, marking India’s transition to a ...

One of greatest emperors, not for his military might, but for hearts & minds he conquered Discovered in 1915 by a British Engineer, Ashoka’s Maski edict was the first inscription with the Mauryan ...

"In the history of the world there have been thousands of kings and emperors who called themselves 'their highnesses', 'their majesties', 'their exalted majesties' and so on," HG Wells wrote in The ...

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday unveiled replicas of the inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka the Great, highlighting India’s rich cultural legacy and timeless values.

PATNA: Padma Shree awardee Daya Prakash Sinha has landed in trouble following an FIR (First Information Report) lodged against him for making a controversial statement against Mauryan emperor Ashoka ...

And the exemplar who has made officialdom take a relook at its chopping-happy ways is none other than fabled Mauryan emperor Ashoka. Karnataka’s first-ever forest policy, to be unveiled by month-end, ...

Apparently eyeing the Other Backward Class (OBC) votes, the BJP in Bihar on Friday celebrated 2327 th birth anniversary of Mauryan emperor Ashoka, who is said to have ruled most part of the Indian ...

PATNA: Padma awardee Daya Prakash Sinha's controversial statement against Mauryan emperor Ashoka the great, spilled over into a verbal duel between the two ruling alliance partners of the NDA--the ...