Make a list of the various books andauthors mentioned in the lesson 'States after the Maurya Empire'
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The Mauryan Empire is one of the most fascinating empires in India. As a geographical entity (as we know of India today), India has been united just thrice: the first time under the Mauryan Empire, the second during the Mughals and the third during the British times. A committed scholar working on the Mauryan Empire could begin with ‘Age of the Nandas and Mauryas’ by Sri K.A. Nilakantha Sastri, which is a comprehensive introduction about the cultural life of India, the fusion of Brahma-kshatra in the early Mauryan rule. This work spans the period of 400-185 BCE and consists of eleven chapters on Mauryan Polity, Industry, Art, Religion, Language and Literature.
The second book I would suggest is ‘Chandragupta Maurya and His Times’ by
Radhakumud Mookherji which specifically analyses Chandragupta Maurya’s rise as an emperor. Both these books are academic in nature but written in simple language, which would it easy to follow.
Some of the other books that a scholar could read to get a general insight into the life and times during the Mauryan Empire could be the Arthashastra by R. Shamasastry, which is a treatise by Chanakya outlining economic policies. This version of the Arthashastra is available online. In addition to this, one might also consider reading ‘Mudrarakshasa’ by Vishakhadatta in Sanskrit. It is often thought that the Mudrarakshasa posthumously refers to the Mauryan Empire and hence, there is a need for a scholar to approach this text with slight caution as everything need not be taken in at face value. Lastly, one might also consider the Hindi play, ‘Chandragupta’ by Jaishankar Prasad (the author of Kamayani). The introduction and preface have a fairly detailed explanatory notes on the Mauryan Empire, which help in setting up context.