Ashoka the Great

Wytze Keuning

Rupa & Co,

1080 pages, R995

A schoolteacher in the Netherlands, Keuning first published this fictionalised biography of Ashoka as a trilogy in Dutch in the 1940s. Now translated and brought together in a single volume, the book recreates the life and times of the Mauryas with great authenticity, fusing fact and ideas to present Mauryan customs and mores, and the history of influences upon Ashoka which marked his rule and legacy.