Asoka Centre for Studies in Civilizations In the process

In the process

No candid reader can arise from its perusal without a very high sense of the character of the author no scholar more certainly without respect for his attainment and gratitude for the service which he rendered to a branch of literature if far from popular by no means to be estimated as to its real importance by the extent to which it may command the favour of an age of duodecimos

Volition and Will

is the object of public recitation during religious ceremonies and is even introduced into theatrical productions'

The book contains elaborate notes

Asoka Centre for Studies in Civilizations In the processThis is the Hindi translation of Mukherjee's work Asoka. Written by one of the eminent historians this book brings out substantially the chief features of King Asoka's glorious rule. It represents Asoka as a great humanitarian, wise statesman, good administrator, social reformer, and upholder of truth, law, and order. Nowhere else can we get such an immense wealth of information on the social and cultural milieu during the reign of this monarch? The