Snippets: Ahimsa Conversation # 103 Nayanjot Lahiri
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 18/02/2022

In what ways was nonviolence evident in ancient India and what is the significance of Emperor Ashoka’s response to the violence he himself had unleashed? Historian Nayanjot Lahiri reflects on such questions based on her extensive knowledge of ancient Indian history and archaeology. Drawing on her famous book about Ashoka she explains how and why he was a ruler with rare qualities. Responding to the contemporary claims that nonviolence made India weak, Nayanjot argues that on the contrary it is Buddha and Gandhi who are the most universal figures to emerge from India and this has been the greatest feature of the Indic civilization.
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