(322–184 BCE). The age of the Mauryas heralded a new chapter in the history of the Indian subcontinent; the people witnessed for the first time a unified empire covering most of present-day India and Pakistan. The founder of the dynasty,...

the first imperial dynasty of India (cca 321–180 B.C.), founded by Chandragupta (cca 321–297 B.C.) whose grandson was the great and celebrated ruler...

A representation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka, which was erected around 250 BCE. It is the emblem of India. The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was a geographically extensive...

Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar (1869-1912), a Bihar-born Maharashtrian who spent most of his life in Bengal, excelled as a teacher and writer in both Marathi and Bengali. An active public worker, his blending of rural roots and urban experience, of the language and cultures...

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. Empire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001. xvii + 478 pp. $18.95. IN AN EDITORIAL LAST SUMMER in the New York Times, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri characterize what the protesters of the W.T.O, the G-8, the World...