{"product_id":"9780349122380","title":"Ashoka : The Search for India's Lost Emperor","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Allen, Charles, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 03\/01\/2013,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 480 pages, Integrated: 30, int b\/w photos,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Little, Brown,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: India, Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780349122380\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndia's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone he turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion, and set up a new yardstick for government. But Ashoka's bold experiment ended in tragedy and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this beautifully written, multi-layered journey Charles Allen describes how fragments of the Ashokan story were gradually discovered, pieced together by a variety of British Orientalists: antiquarians, archaeologists and epigraphists. In doing so, they did much to recover India's ancient history itself. The Lost Emperor tells the story of the man who was arguably the greatest ruler India has ever known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35020529205401,"sku":"9780349122380","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780349122380.jpg?v=1594309070","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780349122380","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}