“It is under Ashoka’s aegis that Indian civilisation, in the sense of a shared culture embracing everything from administration to art and architecture, makes a great leap forward, with tolerance as its watchword. One of his edicts is entirely devoted… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“You know what they say about consultants, don't you? They know all the moves in the Kama Sutra but don't know any women.” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“No person ever really lives until he has found something worth dying for.” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“As they approached Dhauli the elephant refused to go forward; nothing that Mark or the mahout did could persuade her to cross the open… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“The role played by women in history is as underwritten in India as anywhere, so it is only right to end with a mention… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it. ” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“This travelling was never about gaining merit or the absolution of sins. It was always the journey that mattered, and what these travels could… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“The most spectacular example of continental drift and tectonic plate movement has to be the Indian Plate, a triangle of geomorphic crust which aeons… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“It is under Ashoka’s aegis that Indian civilisation, in the sense of a shared culture embracing everything from administration to art and architecture, makes… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
