Colorado State University
The Edicts of King Ashoka
King Ashoka's edicts, explaining his reforms and advice, were inscribed on rocks. The site gives a background on the reason for the edicts and the primary source documents.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Mauryan Empire
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers several paragraphs of information on the Mauryan Empire of India including maps and an example of the art of that period.
Stephen Byrne
History for Kids: Ancient Indian Literature
History for Kids teaches us about the literature of ancient India, including the stories of Buddha, epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, as well as examples of pictographs.