Ashoka's India; Undesirable Places

Excess Baggage by BBC

Feb 25, 201227:54Society & Culture

Sandi Toksvig hears about a lost Emperor of India: Ashoka ruled the subcontinent about 2,200 years ago and left many pillars and rocks carved with his edicts. Historian Charles Allen went in search of the legacy of this...

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