Ashoka symbolizes one of India's great ages. After years of brutal rule and the bloody Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt tremendous regret for the violence he wrought upon his enemies. He converted ...

Among the great artistic objects found by chance, one must include the Ashokan Lion Capital at the Archaeological Museum of Sarnath in northern India. Several miles away, on the Ganges, lies the ...

Two thousand years ago, the Indian Emperor Ashoka the Great carved his messages in stone. "He is associated with the unity of India as one of the first emperors ruling all over the land ...

One of the most remarkable rulers of Lahore, as also most of the sub-continent, was the Mauryan ruler Ashoka. His visits to Lahore and the surrounding areas though briefly recorded, yet the fact ...