{"title":"Author - Allen, Charles","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about India and the colonial experience elsewhere. A traveller, historian and master storyteller he is one of the great chroniclers of India.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"4412","title":"Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor at Pariyatti.org","description":"\u003cp\u003eAshoka Maurya or Ashoka the Great as he was later known holds a special place in the history of India. Through his third century BCE quest to govern the Indian subcontinent by moral force alone, Ashoka transformed Buddhism from a minor sect into a major world religion. His bold experiment ended in tragedy, and in the tumult that followed the historical record was cleansed so effectively that his name was largely forgotten for almost two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Yet, a few mysterious stone monuments and inscriptions miraculously survived the purge. In \u003cem\u003eAshoka: The Search for India s Lost Emperor\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Charles Allen tells the incredible story of how a few enterprising archaeologists deciphered the mysterious lettering on keystones and recovered India s ancient past. Drawing from rich sources, Allen crafts a clearer picture of this enigmatic figure than ever before. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCharles Allen\u003c\/em\u003e is the author of many distinguished books about India and the colonial experience, including \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePlain Tales from the Raj\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; \"\u003eKipling Sahib\u003c\/span\u003e, and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic; \"\u003eThe Buddha and Dr. Fuhrer\u003c\/span\u003e. A traveller, historian, and master storyteller, he is one of the great chroniclers of India.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style=\"color: rgb(120, 63, 4); font-family: \" trebuchet ms sans-serif small rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin-left: 15px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/a-fwd.com\/com=pariyatti-20\u0026amp;asin=B006WQRV4O\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ashoka-Search-Indias-Lost-Emperor\/dp\/0349122385\/\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1661808982634000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2qDJdQHYiTD5MwBajsture\" style=\"color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\"\u003ePrint edition\u003c\/a\u003e available at Amazon\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"margin-left: 15px;\"\u003eeBook available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?i=digital-text\u0026amp;rh=p_66%3A9781408703885\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s?i%3Ddigital-text%26rh%3Dp_66%253A9781408703885\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1661808982634000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw2T7VCKuuUOhT9GFwA7uw_t\" style=\"color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\"\u003eAmazon UK\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Allen, Charles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101566963806,"sku":"200710","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/200710_7ff07543-18cd-4e21-9b51-614dd9d0af6c.jpg?v=1760548311"},{"product_id":"6369","title":"The Search for the Buddha: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed historian Charles Allen brings to life a handful of extraordinary eighteenth- and nineteenth-century characters and takes readers to lost holy places across the Asian world as he chronicles how Westerners found the Buddha. The author traces his roots right back to India where his teachings had been suppressed by Islam and Hinduism. Allen's cast includes the eccentric Hungarian wanderer Alexander Csoma di Koros, the soldier-turned-archaeologist Alexander Cunningham, and the brilliant scientist James Prinsep, who in six weeks cracked the code of the mysterious lettering inscribed on the Great Stupa at Sanchi, near the vast caves of Western India. Illustrated throughout with superbly telling the stories of these men who spurred a revival of Buddhism in the nineteenth century, Allen has recorded the Western birth of a religion whose influence in America has increased tremendously in the past half-century.  \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Allen, Charles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42101594587230,"sku":"buddha_and_sahibs","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/3677\/0142\/files\/buddha_and_sahibs_dc3cab40-85aa-4006-aa61-3f87044a6027.jpg?v=1760548721"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.pariyatti.org\/collections\/allen-charles.oembed","provider":"Pariyatti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}