TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh Jiley
TI  - Ashoka and Buddhism
SN  - 978-93-81067-49-9
U1  - 934.045 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New Delhi.
PB  - Aarya Publications
N1  - 1. Ashoka: The great
2. Mauryan period
3. Buddhist Philosophy
4. Buddhist education system
5. Asoka and Buddhism as reflected in the Asokan Edicts
6. Asoka: Some Indian and Sri Lankan legendsand their development
N2  - The book the summation of a lifetime of research on Ashokaand Buddhism is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Buddhism. The work contains a vivid vigorous and fully detailed description of Ashoka and Buddhism and its teachings the material organisations of the community the formation and further developments of Buddhist writings the conciliar traditions the evolution of Buddhist sculpture and architecture. In this book he explores the historical, religious, and social background to that movement, and assesses the considerable contribution made by Ashoka to the spiritual tradition in which he placed his trust
ER  -