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• Asoka — /euh soh keuh/, n. died 232 B.C., Buddhist king in India 269? 232? B.C. * * * ▪ emperor of India also spelled  Ashoka   died 238?, BC, India       last major emperor in the Mauryan (Mauryan empire) dynasty of India. His vigorous patronage of… …   Universalium

• Lion Capital of Asoka — The Lion capital of Ashoka is a sculpture of four Indian lions standing back to back. It was originally placed atop the Aśoka pillar at Sarnath, now in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The pillar, sometimes called the Aśoka Column is still in… …   Wikipedia

• Samudra Gupta — ▪ emperor of India died AD 380       Indian regional emperor from about AD 330 to 380 who was the epitome of an “ideal king” of the “golden age of Hindu history,” as the period of the imperial Guptas (AD 320–510) has often been called. The son of …   Universalium

• South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

• Sarnath — This article is about a place in India. For H. P. Lovecraft s fictitious city, see The Doom That Came to Sarnath. Sarnath   city   …   Wikipedia

• Mauryan art — The Great Stupa at Sanchi Mauryan art encompasses the arts produced during the period of the Mauryan Empire (4th to 2nd century BCE), which was the first empire to rule over most of the Indian subcontinent. It represented an important transition… …   Wikipedia

• Edicts of Ashoka — The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, made by the Emperor Ashoka of the Mauryan dynasty during his reign from 272 to 231 BC. These inscriptions are dispersed… …   Wikipedia

• Ashokan Edicts in Delhi — Ashokan Edicts Askhokan Pillar in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi …   Wikipedia

• Ashoka — or Asoka born с 304 died с 232 BC Last major emperor (с 269–232 BC) of the Mauryan empire in India and a patron of Buddhism. After his bloody conquest of Kalinga in the eighth year of his reign, Ashoka renounced military aggression and resolved… …   Universalium

• Lumbini — Infobox World Heritage Site WHS = Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha State Party = NEP Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, vi ID = 666 Region = Asia Pacific Year = 1997 Session = 21st Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666Lumbini (Sanskrit …   Wikipedia