Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: India's Ashoka the Great Repents.
Meet Ashoka the Great, whose story was all but forgotten until his carved edicts were unearthed in the 19th century. As leader of India, he leads a bloody charge into the neighboring province of Kalinga-but guilt from the battle drives him toward a transformative conversion. For the rest of his reig...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2016.
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| Summary: | Meet Ashoka the Great, whose story was all but forgotten until his carved edicts were unearthed in the 19th century. As leader of India, he leads a bloody charge into the neighboring province of Kalinga-but guilt from the battle drives him toward a transformative conversion. For the rest of his reign, he serves as a paragon of Buddhist morality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 33 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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