By Michael Rutland, British Consul in Bhutan It is always said that Ashoka, after winning a great battle, turned into a man of peace. Bhutan does not have great battles but some few years ago the ...

The Capital once stood upon a 40-to-50-foot pillar, itself now reduced to fragments displayed within glass, outdoors. Indoors, we see the Capital in a way no one did two millennia ago.

Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC) erected in Uttar Pradesh, India In 1947 on her 21st birthday, the future Queen Elizabeth II made a heartfelt speech dedicating her adult life to the service of her people.

Episode 32 - Pillar of Ashoka . Pillar of Ashoka (238 BC) erected in Uttar Pradesh, India. In 1947 on her 21st birthday, the future Queen Elizabeth II made a heartfelt speech dedicating her adult ...

It is one of 19 pillars that still stand today. Ashoka, ... The Lions of Sarnath broke from the pillar and remained buried till they were excavated by the British. 'Ashoka was rediscoverd by the ...

It all started in 2010 when Ramkali became sarpanch. She studied till Class VIII and read about Ashoka in school books, in which the pillar and the name of her village was mentioned.

Twin Ashoka Pillars at Rampurva. Credit: Praanshu / Wikimedia Commons Thematically, the edicts of the rocks and minor pillars, the earliest ones, are fundamentally religious, with continuous ...

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor ... Engraving edicts on pillars and rocks across his empire, ... and British) might have been reduced if a stronger warrior tradition had persisted.