AshokaAshoka Maurya, India's lost emperor, holds a unique place in history. In his pursuit to govern India by moral force alone, he transformed Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion and established a new standard for governance. However, Ashoka's bold experiment ended in tragedy, and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years. In this beautifully written, multi layered journey, Charles Allen describes how fragments of the Ashokan story were