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Author |
Dedication |
| About Author
K.K.Moorthy.
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Thou art 'O'
MOTHER Sarada!....
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Foreword |
Opinion |
Foreword by
N.S.
Ramaswami
Assistant Editor,
Indian Express, Madras.
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Opinion by Yogi
Suddhananda Bharat
Adyar, Madras.
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Preface |
Prologue |
| Emperors
are rare. Emperor - warriors are rarer still......
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Asoka
is a many splendoured diamond.
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Asoka As A Youth |
Asoka As A Monarch |
| Asoka,
the illustrious son of our sacred Bharat, hailed from the
imperial Maurya dynasty that ruled Magadha, for about a
century and a half.
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Asoka ascended
the throne in 273 B.C. His empire comprised the whole of
India....
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Asoka As A Warrior |
Asoka As A Preacher |
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The
appointed day dawned! Army arrayed!! Weapons raised!!!
Target pinpointed!!!!
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Asoka
left Kalinga, but Kalinga never left him. It haunted him day
in and day out.
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Asoka As A Builder |
Asoka As An Administror |
| Asoka's
title to fame rests on his diffusion of Buddhism.
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Blessed
was Asoka to become the head of a great administrative
machinery, shaped, organized and perfected by Chanakya....
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Asoka As A Father |
Asoka As A Brother |
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This
imperial monarch of unparalleled spiritual eminence had an
affectionate wife in Asandhimitra.
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Asoka's
devotion to Buddhism and his zeal for its propagation is
proverbial.
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Asoka As A Teetotaller |
Asoka As A Patron |
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The
impact of Kalinga War can be traced in almost every department
of human life.
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Asoka's
services to the Buddhist church are countless and his
passion for diffusion of the Lord's message is monumental.
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Asoka As A Pilgrim |
Epilogue |
| Many
are the ways prescribed by the scriptures to expiate sins;
for, sinless state alone ensures admission into heaven and
makes it fit to enjoy eternal bliss.
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We
have now witnessed a glimpse of the multi-faceted splendor
of Asoka.
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