Ashoka : portrait of a Philosopher king

By:

Olivelle, Patrick

Publication details: Haryana Harper Collins Pub. 2023Description: xxxix,356,iipISBN:

9789356993228

DDC classification:

954.025 OLI

Contents:

Contents Abbreviations xi Series Editor's Foreword xiii Preface xvii Prologue xxi The Many Ashokas xxi Ashoka by Any Other Name xxx PART ONE Raja: Ashoka the King 3 1. Maurya 5 2. Ruler 18 Territory and Population 20 Governance 30 The Imagined Community 47 Diplomacy 49 Society 54 3. Writer 60 4. Builder 85 PART TWO Upasaka: Ashoka the Buddhist 99 5. Deepening the Faith 101 Becoming a Buddhist 101 Going on Pilgrimage 109 6. Exhorting the Sangha 114 Instructing the Sangha 115 Admonishing the Sangha 124 7. Spreading the Faith 134 Ashoka's Buddhism 142 PART THREE Dharma: Ashoka the Moral Philosopher 149 8. Pivoting to Dharma 151 Dharma before Ashoka 155 9. Dharma as Moral Philosophy 161 Ahimsa as Dharma 162 Ashoka's Dharma 172 Gleaning from Silence 182 10. Preaching Dharma 188 Audience for Dharma: Gender and Class 190 Writing to Promote Dharma 193 Governance and Diplomacy in the Service of Dharma 199 Exemplar of Dharma 205 PART FOUR Pasande Ashoka the Ecumenist 213 11. Religious Diversity 216 Ashoka and Pasandas 216 Ashoka and Popular Religion 233 12. Ecumenism 240 13. Civil Religion 257 Epilogue. Ashoka's Legacy and the Unravelling of the Ashokan Experiment 266 Appendix: Ashoka's Inscriptional Corpus 277 Glossary 321 Bibliography 325 Index 341

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Contents
Abbreviations xi
Series Editor's Foreword xiii
Preface xvii
Prologue xxi
The Many Ashokas xxi
Ashoka by Any Other Name xxx
PART ONE
Raja: Ashoka the King 3
1. Maurya 5
2. Ruler 18
Territory and Population 20
Governance 30
The Imagined Community 47
Diplomacy 49
Society 54
3. Writer 60
4. Builder 85
PART TWO
Upasaka: Ashoka the Buddhist 99
5. Deepening the Faith 101
Becoming a Buddhist 101
Going on Pilgrimage 109
6. Exhorting the Sangha 114
Instructing the Sangha 115
Admonishing the Sangha 124
7. Spreading the Faith 134
Ashoka's Buddhism 142
PART THREE
Dharma: Ashoka the Moral Philosopher 149
8. Pivoting to Dharma 151
Dharma before Ashoka 155
9. Dharma as Moral Philosophy 161
Ahimsa as Dharma 162
Ashoka's Dharma 172
Gleaning from Silence 182
10. Preaching Dharma 188
Audience for Dharma: Gender and Class 190
Writing to Promote Dharma 193
Governance and Diplomacy in the Service of Dharma 199
Exemplar of Dharma 205
PART FOUR
Pasande Ashoka the Ecumenist 213
11. Religious Diversity 216
Ashoka and Pasandas 216
Ashoka and Popular Religion 233
12. Ecumenism 240
13. Civil Religion 257
Epilogue. Ashoka's Legacy and the Unravelling of the Ashokan Experiment 266
Appendix: Ashoka's Inscriptional Corpus 277
Glossary 321
Bibliography 325
Index 341

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