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Feb 5, 2015 Ashoka Mody. President Barack Obama’s recent call to ease the austerity imposed on Greece is remarkable – and not only for his endorsement of the newly elected Greek government’s stance in ...
Dec 12, 2012 Ashoka Mody The process of official forgiveness of Greek debt has begun, with the debt/GDP ratio targeted at 124% in 2020, down from roughly 200% today. But the idea that there is a ...
Visiting Ashoka's city ... ruled at the height of its glory by Chandragupta Maurya and later his grandson Ashoka the Great. Megasthenes, Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya, ...
Ashoka's Nine Unknown Men. Our Indian subcontinent has its own secrets and mysteries. Of these the most intriguing one for centuries – the one believed to be founded 2000 years ago by Emperor ...
However, on arrival he found that Ashoka, one of his half-brothers, had taken control of the city with the help of Greek mercenaries. It appears that Ashoka had Sushima killed at the eastern gates.
In 1988 a rare Ashoka-cut diamond came up for auction at Sotheby’s, and Saul Goldberg, now the company’s president, was sent to buy it. “I’ll never forget holding the diamond in my hand.
Lesson 2: An Edict on Ashoka; The Story of India; To honor the great achievements of Ashoka, students mimic the style of the Great Rock Edicts and write an edict memorializing one of Ashoka’s ...