Nayanjot Lahiri is Professor of History at the University of Delhi.
Many biographies of Emperor As oka (third c. B.C.E.) have been
written over the past century or so, but Lahiri's is perhaps the
most gripping...Lahiri's is, indeed, a very engaging biography,
probably the best I have read.-- (01/01/2017)
Lahiri [presents] an accessible and engaging biography of the
emperor in his time that navigates the complex terrain of available
evidence...Lahiri has produced what is probably the best biography
of As oka to date...Lahiri has produced a uniquely accessible
volume that draws readers into the landscapes of Mauryan India and
guides them through a rich encounter with the As oka of edict and
legend.--Mark McClish"Indian Economic and Social History Review"
(04/01/2017)
[Lahiri's] idiosyncratic book combines legends, archaeology, and
even personal information shrewdly teased out of the edicts to
craft an arresting profile.--Brian Bethune"Maclean's"
(09/14/2015)
Where Lahiri really scores is in the field of Ashokan archaeology,
where she brings together all the work that has been undertaken in
the years since 1997...These advances have all been woven
seamlessly into Lahiri's narrative, so as to give the clearest
chronology yet assembled of the life of Ashoka and what Lahiri
calls 'his trajectory as a communicator' and his 'intellectual
evolution, ' most notably the quite extraordinary change of heart
that followed Ashoka's conquest of Kalinga and how this transformed
his concept of kingship.--Charles Allen"Literary Review"
(09/01/2015)
Richly thoughtful... The result of all this careful, well-presented
thought and research is what is certainly the best biography of
Ashoka the Great ever written in English.--Steve Donoghue"Open
Letters Monthly" (08/01/2015)
Many biographies have been published on Ashoka, the greatest king
of India, but this biography is different, and perhaps the best
written on the extraordinary king.--R. N. Sharma"Choice"
(01/01/2016)
Fascinating.--Chandrahas Choudhury"Wall Street Journal"
(08/20/2015)
Lahiri has firmly grounded the Ashoka of legend and inscriptions
with a novel kind of detail and deliberation, spelling out the
connections and implications, combining solid historical analysis
with fresh interpretation.--Upinder Singh, University of Delhi
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