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Ashoka

Barabar Caves: The Repassage

Tansy Troy

A hundred years ago, EM Forster, in his most celebrated novel A Passage to India, wrote about the Marabar Caves. Tansy Troy travels to Bihar’s Barabar Caves, the inspiration for Forster’s fictional setting

Ashoka: The King Who Said Sorry

Patrick Olivelle’s riveting portrait of Ashoka brings out the universalism of the virtuous ruler

On the Ashoka Trail

Nayanjot Lahiri travels through Asia to explore the different images of the Mauryan emperor. The author in conversation with Open

Irwin Allan Sealy: The Kingmaker

Irwin Allan Sealy’s new book is about Ashoka. The novelist tells Bhavya Dore why his king belongs to the modern times

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