The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c9.15

v1.c9.15

| Bindusāra . . . . . . . . . . | 495 |
| Events and principal enactments in Açoka's reign . . . | 495 |
| Religious and other foundations . . . . . . | 497, 501 |
| Buddhist Council of Pāṭaliputra and religious missions . . | 498 |
| Duration of Açoka's reign and his family history . . . | 499 |
| Chronology . . . . . . . . . . | 502 |
| Açoka's principles and personal action . . . . . | 504 |
| His admonitions . . . . . . . . . | 507 |
| His ordinances and institutions . . . . . . | 508 |
| The personality of Açoka as revealed in his edicts . . . | 509 |
| His successors . . . . . . . . . | 511 |
| Probable division of the empire after the reign of Samprati . | 512 |