The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c9.19

v1.c9.19

| The peoples of India in the inscriptions of Açoka . . . | 514 |
| Internal strife and foreign invasions the result of the downfall of imperial rule . . . . . . . . . . | 516 |
| Routes connecting Pāṭaliputra with the north-western and western frontiers . . . . . . . . . . | 516 |