TY - BOOK AU - Khanna, Ashok TI - Ashoka, the visionary : : life, legend and legacy SN - 9789387457843 U1 - 934.5 PY - 2020/// CY - New Delhi PB - Bloomsburry KW - Aśoka, King of Magadha, active 259 B.C KW - Kings and rulers KW - India N1 - https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/ashoka-the-visionary-9789387457843 N2 - Ungainly in appearance, disliked by his father, the king, but nurtured by his mother, Ashoka worked to elicit his elders' approval. At the age of 18, his father sent him to quell a rebellion that his brother, the crown prince, had failed to do. His success propelled him to be appointed as viceroy of a province. There he met Devi, a beautiful, devout Buddhist. With the death of his father, supported by the chief minister, Ashoka was crowned the new king ER -