Beloved of the Gods: Ashoka Maurya in His Time and Ours
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
00:00
The Inscriptions of Ashoka Maria
Rocks bearing ashoka's messages can be seen in kandahar, afghanistan and granataka. He doesn't think that they are part of a single country, or his country at all. His inscriptions make him seem like the ideal indian king - tolerant and humane. But this brings up another question: what exactly was ashoka maria's relationship to the rest of the subcontinent?
Play episode from 24:26
Transcript
