Ashoka : portrait of a Philosopher king (Record no. 72182)
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| fixed length control field | 01744 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789356993228 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.025 |
| Item number | OLI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Olivelle, Patrick |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ashoka : portrait of a Philosopher king |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Haryana |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Harper Collins Pub. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxxix,356,iip. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Abbreviations xi<br/>Series Editor's Foreword xiii<br/>Preface xvii<br/>Prologue xxi<br/>The Many Ashokas xxi<br/>Ashoka by Any Other Name xxx<br/>PART ONE<br/>Raja: Ashoka the King 3<br/>1. Maurya 5<br/>2. Ruler 18<br/>Territory and Population 20<br/>Governance 30<br/>The Imagined Community 47<br/>Diplomacy 49<br/>Society 54<br/>3. Writer 60<br/>4. Builder 85<br/>PART TWO<br/>Upasaka: Ashoka the Buddhist 99<br/>5. Deepening the Faith 101<br/>Becoming a Buddhist 101<br/>Going on Pilgrimage 109 <br/>6. Exhorting the Sangha 114 <br/>Instructing the Sangha 115 <br/>Admonishing the Sangha 124<br/>7. Spreading the Faith 134 <br/>Ashoka's Buddhism 142<br/>PART THREE<br/>Dharma: Ashoka the Moral Philosopher 149<br/>8. Pivoting to Dharma 151 <br/>Dharma before Ashoka 155<br/>9. Dharma as Moral Philosophy 161 <br/>Ahimsa as Dharma 162 <br/>Ashoka's Dharma 172 <br/>Gleaning from Silence 182<br/>10. Preaching Dharma 188<br/>Audience for Dharma: Gender and Class 190<br/>Writing to Promote Dharma 193<br/>Governance and Diplomacy in the Service of Dharma 199<br/>Exemplar of Dharma 205<br/>PART FOUR<br/>Pasande Ashoka the Ecumenist 213<br/>11. Religious Diversity 216<br/>Ashoka and Pasandas 216<br/>Ashoka and Popular Religion 233<br/>12. Ecumenism 240<br/>13. Civil Religion 257<br/>Epilogue. Ashoka's Legacy and the Unravelling of the Ashokan Experiment 266<br/>Appendix: Ashoka's Inscriptional Corpus 277<br/>Glossary 321<br/>Bibliography 325<br/>Index 341 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | India |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 05/06/2024 | I.D. PUBLISHER DISTRIBUTORS | 639.20 | 1 | 954.025 OLI | 026331 | 03/08/2024 | 01/07/2024 | 799.00 | 05/06/2024 | Book |