When emperor Ashoka spoke of listening, he laid down a discipline for civilization itself. His words do not just ask to hear, ...

Among the historical figures of ancient India, King Ashoka towers above all the others, both for his might in his own time and the extent of his stamp on history. Not only did Ashoka establish the ...

Regarding Maxwell Carter’s review of “Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King” by Patrick Olivelle (Books, Jan. 27): One can be benign only if one has the choice to be ruthless. One can be credited for ...

India’s famed Emperor Ashoka was an ancient convert from Hinduism to Buddhism. He demonstrated that a person is NOT forced by others to convert from one religion to another. Today, “religious ...

Air India flight AI 171 crashed shortly after take-off near Ahmedabad, killing 274 people. The incident mirrors the 1978 'Emperor Ashoka' disaster when Air India flight AI 855 plunged into Arabian Sea ...