Articles discussing Asoka
Asoka's Rock Edicts I, VIII, IX and XI
Manindra Mohan Bose · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928
“Asoka has clearly set forth his own reasons. We fail to understand how all these facts can be ignored, आएं controversial speculations indulged in for the solution of apparently”
Were the monks expelled from the Buddhist saṃgha by Aśoka the Jainas?
Chitta Ranjan Pal · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2005
“All these three Edicts surprisingly confirm the Buddhist literary tradition relating to the expulsion of the heretics from the ASokarama and the consequent punishment inflicted upon them.”
Asoka's Mission to Ceylon and some connected problems
The Cult of Buddhist Relics: Genesis and Significance of Veneration
Arvind Kumar Singh · Dharmadoot, 2020
The Kalinga Edict
Manindra Mohan Bose · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
“In dealing with this edict we shall begin with that portion of it which contains the real teaching of the sermon. Asoka begins thus :—”
Central Asiatic Provinces of the Maurya Empire
Ahraura Inscription of Asoka
S. Sankarnarayana · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1961
“The inscription edited hereunder 15 of ASoka and 15 said to have been discovered by Sri રિ. G. Pandeya, the Exploration Assistant of the Archaeological Survey of India, at Varanasi, sometime in 1961.”
Bone, Stone and Throne: Relic Veneration's Rise and Impact on Pre-Modern Chinese Society
Dhriti Roy · Dharmadoot, 2020
Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
“As he gave himself up for one year to the enjoyment of pleasures (kama), he was called KamaSoka.”
The Kingdom of Khotan under the Mauryas
H. C. Seth · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
“Fa-hten also mentions Dharmavivardhana as a son of Asoka, whom he appointed ૩5 the Viceroy of Gandhidra.”
On some points relating to the Maurya Administrative System
Suniti Kumar Chatterji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
Theravāda and (Mūla) Sarvāstivāda: Origins and Early Development
Charles Willemen · Dharmadoot, 2020
The Achaemenids and India
Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
Notes on Asoka Rescripts
Sailendra Nath Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
“DBuddha himself 15 known in the canon as ત samadapetd, ‘arouser,’ ‘instructor’ of people, and it seems that Asoka had become another such in his own time,”
Buddhism in the Classical Age
Ancient Trade and Buddhist Spread: India-Vietnam Connections
Bui My Diem Loan · The Maha Bodhi, 2020
Ancient Trade and Buddhist Spread: India-Vietnam Connections
Bui My Diem Loan · The Maha Bodhi, 2020
“The Buddhist belief promoted after Asoka’s dynasty in the year 300 BC., following the voyages of sailors and traders were probably the journeys of Buddhist monks to propagate Buddhism.”
Review - Select Asokan Epigraphs
S. K. Saraswati · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1942
“The toyal edicts of ASoka (dhamma-lipis, as ASoka himself calls them) form a distinctly valuable set in the whole range of Indian epigraphs, not only because of their being the earliest among those that we have been able to decipher so far but also for the fact that they present before us the image of an emperor with an earnest solicitude for the well-being (kaydna) of his own subjects and of the whole mankind.”
Cave Dedication by the Mauryan Kings
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
“Asoka, like his grandfather Candragupta Maurya, was not only a great warrior and administrator, but protector of the contemporary religious ideas and cults also.”
Prakrit in the Maurya Empire
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1999
‘Vachasi’ in Rock Edict VI of Asoka
Vasudeva S. Agrawala · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1939
Asoka's Dharma: Non-Violence and Moral Virtues
Amulya Chandra Sen · Jain Avenue, 2023
“It will be observed that the Dharma advocated by Asoka consisted in those elements that form the basic teachings of all Indian religions, with the exception that he lays emphasis on non-killing of life as was taught by Buddhism and to a much greater extent by Jainism.”
Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India
Asoka's Minor Rock Edict: the Yeragudi Copy
B. M. Barua · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1937
“A tentative reading of the Yerragudi version of Asoka’s Minor Rock Edict was published by me 10 this journal in March 1933, vol. IX, no. I, pp. 133f.”
A Note on The Paura-Jānapada
V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1930
A Short History of Ceylon
Remarks on the Fourth Rock Edict of Asoka
The Yerragudi Copy of Asoka’s Minor Rock Edict
B. M. Barua · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
“The discovery- of a copy एव M.R.E. along with 8 whole set of the Rock Kdicts in South India and on the same rock is important 0૨ upsetting the earlier hypothesis that the Rock Edicis were intended to mark the upper or northern boundaries of Asoka’s empire, and that the Minor Rock Edicts were meant to mark its Jower or southern boundaries.”
Sabarimala
Samprati—the Patron of Jainism
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1985
Jain Society in the Reign of Jain Kings
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2008
A Bell-Capital from Bhuvanesvara
Pre‑Canonical Buddhism
Arthur Berriedale Keith · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1936
A Review Reviewed
Artistic Interest in Post-Asokan Sculpture
The Coronation of Candragupta Maurya
Jyotirmoy Sen · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1929
“Whatever changes may have been introduced into the earlier chronology of India, nothing will ever shake the date of Candraguptns, the illegitimate successor of the Naundas, the ally of Seleucus, the grand-father of Asoka.”
Surastra under the Mauryas
Bankim Ch. Ray Chaudhuri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
“In the ffth Rock edict of Asoka, the list of ‘various autonomous tribes’ includes the Ristika Petepikas and 2zke otker Aparintas,”
Buddha and Buddhism (Review)
Sisirkumar Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1960
“Emperor ASoka 15 well known for his activities leading to the material as well spiritual welfare of his subjects 10 general.”
The Mauryan Invasion of the Tamilakam
Soma Sundara Desikar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928
“17૯ know now, beyond doubt, since the discovery of the new edict of Asoka at Maski in the Nizam’s dominions, that Agoka's territory extended right down to the frontier of Mysore within the boundaries of which other edicts were discovered years ago.”
Early History and Archaeology of Kurukšetra and Ambala Division
Ratna Chandra Agrawala · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956
“The account of Thinesar as given by the Chinese pilgrim runs thus : — "To the North West of the city, 4 or 5 1 ડડ 2 56૪24 aboue 300 feet high, which was buile by Asoka-rija.”
Notes on Asoka Rescripts
Sailendra Nath Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
An Introduction to the Study of Theravada Buddhism in Burma
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
The Date of the First Maurya Emperor
Vṛṣala, the Greek Kingly Title of Candragupta Maurya
The Queen’s Donation Edict
Sailendra Nath Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
“This edict on the Allahabad-Kosam pillar, which has hitherto been known શક ‘the Queen's Edict’, should more properly be called the Edict ઈ the Queen's Donation, 50 as to guard against 115 being taken as issued by Asoka's queen,”
On Rishabha’s visit to Takssila
Buddhist Perspectives on Religious Pluralism and Interfaith Dialogue
Siddharth Singh · The Maha Bodhi, 2020
Satavahana Polity
The Development of Buddhist Art in South India
A Brahmi Tablet from Parkala, Udupi: The earliest reference to Jainism in Tulu Nadu
P. N. Narasimha Murthy · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2008
The 24 Buddhas and the 24 Tirthankaras
Sacred Literature of the Jains
The Date of the Devendrastava: An Art-Historical Approach
Lalit Kumar · Sambodhi, 1992
Prakrit Influence on Kannada Literature
Hampa Nagarajaiah · Jinamanjari, 1995
Jainism in the Punjab
Dr. Amulya Chandra Sen
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1973
“He also took a course on the “Rock Edicts of Asoka” with him.”
Beginnings of Jaina Iconography
Umakant Premanand Shah · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1975
The Missions of Jaina Sangha
Kharavela and the Music of Orissa
Priyambada Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1977
Jainism in Ancient Bengal
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1983
Vivutha = Vyitha = Vyutha
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1962
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949
“The tribal names found in the Girnar, Kalsi and Shahabazgarhi Edicts of Asoka as Paarimdas, Ppaladas, and Palidas have teferences to the ‘carly Parthian settlers” in India.”
The Rule of the Achaemenids in India
Sudhakar Chattopadhyaya · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949
Review – Buddhism and Asoka
Nalinaksha Dutt · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1949
“This book 15 an intelligent survey of the historical development of Buddhism and itis not clear why पीट author has selected the title “Buddhism and Asoka”.”
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Silver and Copper Coinage of Pre‑Moghul India
Gottlieb L. Schanzlin · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1940
Formal Elements in Indian Inscriptions
Otto Stein · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
“Thus we can say that the formal features of Indian inscriptions are 10 he found in 060૯ in Asoka's time already.”
An Inscription of Asoka discovered at Yerragudi
Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
Notes on Asoka Rescripts
Sailendra Nath Mitra · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1931
Mauryan Art
Harsa Siladitya: A Revised Study
Niharranjan Roy · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
“A less gifted and less qualified personality than either Asoka or Akbar, Hargsavardhana Silfiditya હ the Pugpabhati dynasty was not , less fortunate than either of them in finding out a place in History in equally brifliant relief that gives glorious distinctiveness to a character against a ccmparatively darker back-ground.”
Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar and the “New Machiavelli”
Mahārahanīti: An Introduction to Unknown Pāli Nīti Text
Ujjwal Kumar · Dharmadoot, 2020
Jainism in Bihar
On the origin of the Aryan word Istaka
Perspectives on Human Communication
Richard Kleifgen · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1980
The Caste of Candragupta Maurya
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
Review: Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilization, Volume I (600 B.C.–600 A.D.)
Manimekhalā, a Divinity of the Sea
Reviews
Nalinaksha Dutt, Mano Mohan Ghosh, Anukul Chandra Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1943
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Kāraṇḍa Vyūha: Its Metrical Version
Prabhas Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1948
Theravada Buddhism in Burma
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1950
“1૦ certain tradition, was the name of Asoka’s successor in the Maurya line.”
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
Appointment of Ministers and High Officials in Ancient India
Kunja Govinda Goswami · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
Buddhism in South-East Asia
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1956
Kautalya and Machiavelli
V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
The Malla Era of Visnupur
Hariprasad G. Shastri · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1927
Jaina Sculptures from Bangladesh
Paresh Chandra Dasgupta · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
Canakya—Was He a Jaina?
Muni Mahendra Kumar 'Prathам' · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
Jaina Temples at Korandapuri (V. G. Nair)
Jaina Architecture in Eastern India
Binod Kumar Tiwary, Hiralal Jain · Jinamanjari, 2002
Some observations on Pusyamitra and his Empire
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
The Andhras and the Telugus
Relevance of Jain principles of Mahavira in modern context
Binod Kumar Tiwary · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 2001
The Complexity of Indian Writing: A Brief Note
Ratna Basu · Sambodhi, 2019
"The Will To Peace" Mrs. Rhys Davids
Adhir Chakravarti · The Jaina Gazette, 1925
**Early Jain Monastic Institutions and Their Historical Development in Ancient India**
T. SURYA PRAKASH · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2014
Temples and Tree Cult in Gajapati District: Sacred Plants and Religious Practices in Indian History and Culture
N. P. Panigrahi · Journal of Indian History and Culture, 2007
Review of History of Jainism in Bihar
Satya Ranjan Banerjee · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1997
Jain Influence on Jesus—A Surmise
K. V. Krishna Ayyar · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1976
On the Term Anusamyana
Ananta Kumar Bose · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1933
“We come across the term ‘anusamyana’ in the rock inscriptions® of Asoka. But this word is not found 1 any Sauskrit lexicon or dictionary.?”
Select Contents of Oriental Journals
The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1932
“The similarities between the passages 10 the Asoka inscriptions and the Arthadistra point to the antiquity of the Jatter and its con-nection with the Mauryas.”
The Kautiliya Arthasastra on Forms of Government
From the Great Goddess to Kala
Origin and Early History of Caityas
V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938
Some Folk Goddesses of Ancient and Mediaeval India
Jitendra Nath Banerjee · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1938