This well-researched work of fiction is based on the life of Ashoka Maurya, arguable the greatest monarch to rule India. This epic tale begins as prime Ashoka, Viceroy of Takshashila, fights his half-brother, Sushim to claim the throne. He then conquers Kalinga, the last remaining independent kingdom in Jambudvipa (India). Author Info: Emmanuel Sumitra Modak is one of the very last surviving officers of the (Imperial) Indian police (IP). He Still remains the youngest ever IP officer to be awaded the Indian Police medal. He started his career in 1941 as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Satara District, one of two districts in India most affected by violent opposition to British rule. A distinguished 37-year career that followed saw him serve as Poona's first ever Police Commissioner, Inspector General of Police of Jammu & Kashmir and Commissioner of Police, Mumbai.