Carved in Stone: A Drama of King Ashoka of India: His Edicts & His Time and Ours

We know him as Ashoka the Great. He was called Maharaja, Great Ruler, Emperor, King. His kingdom was Magadha in India. He ruled for almost 40 years, more that 2,000 years ago, so far in the past, yet his words are with us still. He became feared through war, but turned his ways to peace and encouraged his people to do the same. Why is he remembered now, not only in India, but around the world? King Ashoka found a remarkable way for his words to live on even to this very day. Gather a classroom, an extended family, a group of neighbors or friends, or your own One-Act-Plays Reading Group, and enter with us into the drama of Ashoka’s story. [The book is priced so that drama participants can have their own copy of this 1 Act - 4 Scenes script. Alternately, this book can be read by an individual as a reflection on Ashoka’s life and times, on how a child could have sparked a great King’s legacy, and on how our own times can echo the wisdom that King Ashoka discovered in his.]