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==References== {{Reflist|23em}} ===Works cited=== {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite book |last=Allen |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Allen (writer) |title=Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4vHjbUtf_4C |publisher=[[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]] |date=2012 |isbn=978-1-408-70388-5}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Fitzgerald |editor-first=James L. |editor-link=James L. Fitzgerald |title=The Mahabharata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9SzCuLIlQ0C |publisher=[[The University of Chicago Press]] |year=2004 |volume=7 |isbn=0-226-25250-7}} * {{cite book |last=Gombrich |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Gombrich |chapter=Aśoka – The Great Upāsaka |title=King Aśoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies |editor=Anuradha Seneviratna |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=978-955-24-0065-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE5uAAAAMAAJ |year=1995}} * {{cite book |last=Guruge |first=Ananda W. P. |author-link=Ananda W. P. Guruge |title=Aśoka, the Righteous: A Definitive Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dwjjAAAAMAAJ |year=1993 |publisher=Central Cultural Fund |isbn=978-955-9226-00-0}} * {{cite book |last=Guruge |first=Ananda W. P. |chapter=Emperor Aśoka and Buddhism: Unresolved Discrepancies between Buddhist Tradition & Aśokan Inscriptions |title=King Aśoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies |editor=Anuradha Seneviratna |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=978-955-24-0065-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE5uAAAAMAAJ |year=1995 }} * {{cite book |last=Guruge |first=Ananda W. P. |chapter=Emperor Aśoka's Place in History: A Review of Prevalent Opinions |title=King Aśoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies |editor=Anuradha Seneviratna |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=978-955-24-0065-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE5uAAAAMAAJ |year=1995b }} * {{Cite book |last=Hultzsch |first=E. |title=Inscriptions of Asoka: New Edition |url=https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOfAsoka.NewEditionByE.Hultzsch |publisher=Government of India |year=1925}} * {{cite book |last=Kosmin |first=Paul J. |author-link=Paul J. Kosmin |title=The Land of the Elephant Kings: Space, Territory, and Ideology in Seleucid Empire |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9UWdAwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-674-72882-0}} * {{cite book |last=Lahiri |first=Nayanjot |author-link=Nayanjot Lahiri |title=Ashoka in Ancient India |year=2015 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0674057777 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJ_XCgAAQBAJ}} * {{cite book |last=Mookerji |first=Radhakumud |author-link=Radha Kumud Mukherjee |title=Aśoka |edition=3rd revised |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uXyftdtE1ygC |year=1995 |orig-year=First published 1928; 3rd revised edition published in 1962 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-208-0582-8}} * {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |author-link=Upinder Singh |title=A history of ancient and early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century |year=2008 |publisher=[[Pearson Education]] |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-317-1120-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GW5Gx0HSXKUC}} * {{cite journal |last=Singh |first=Upinder |title=Governing the State and the Self: Political Philosophy and Practice in the Edicts of Aśoka |journal=South Asian Studies |year=2012 |publisher=University of Delhi |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=131–145 |doi=10.1080/02666030.2012.725581|s2cid=143362618 }} * {{cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |title=Political Violence in Ancient India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6A4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162 |year=2017 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-97527-9 }} * {{cite book |last=Strong |first=John S. |author-link=John S. Strong |title=The Legend of King Aśoka: A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kp9uaQTQ8h8C&pg=PA232 |year=1989 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0616-0}} * {{cite book |last=Strong |first=John S. |chapter=Images of Aśoka: Some Indian and Sri Lankan Legends and their Development |title=King Aśoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies |editor=Anuradha Seneviratna |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=978-955-24-0065-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE5uAAAAMAAJ |year=1995}} * {{cite book |last=Thapar |first=Romila |author-link=Romila Thapar |title=Aśoka and the Decline of the Mauryas |year=1961 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwJuAAAAMAAJ |oclc=736554 }} * {{cite book |last=Thapar |first=Romila |chapter=Aśoka and Buddhism as Reflected in the Aśokan Edicts |title=King Aśoka and Buddhism: Historical and Literary Studies |editor=Anuradha Seneviratna |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=978-955-24-0065-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iE5uAAAAMAAJ |year=1995 }} {{refend}}
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