Kautilya, also called Chanakya, is often called Bharat’s Machiavelli. But this colonial-era epithet is grossly unfair. For all his fame, Niccolò Machiavelli was a small-time political adviser...
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Prince Of Pataliputra; The Story Of Ashoka’s Rise To Power
Though Bindusara’s ministers had preferred Ashoka to...
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Our story begins in the city of Champa (Champaran), where a...
Recently, an RSS-backed magazine attacked the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, leading to angry reactions from many quarters. This viewpoint has had support among sections of the Hindu...