[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.38 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.38 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.38 - **Language:** English ### [c5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.38) Aśoka succeeds his father Bindusāra at Pāṭaliputra, when he is said to have put most of the royal family to death. His \*abhisheka\* took place in the fourth year of his reign. - [Previous: c5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.37) - [Next: c5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.39) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.38) · Pramāṇa