
Beloved of the Gods: Ashoka Maurya in His Time and Ours
Echoes Of India: A History Podcast
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The Artheshastre and Ashuka's Empire
New gangetic empire in the fourth century c e, added in some stuff to make connections their own social conditions and the ancient memories of the marias. This was the gupta dynasty. Mc lish points out that these additions to the arthashasta were made around the same time as the play called the mudra rakusam - a political tille about this brahmin chanake or cortela. And finally, they adopted the name chandra gota as an imperial title, establishing themselves basically as neo marias.
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