Ashoka the Great

Ashoka the Great was originally a historical fiction trilogy written in Dutch, consisting of Asoka, De wilde prins (The Wild Prince, 1941),Asoka, De wijze heerser(The Wise Ruler, 1941) andDe grote maner(The World's Great Teacher, 1948). In 2011 an English translation of the Asoka trilogy was published by Rupa Publications, New Delhi in one hardcover volume, titled Ashoka the Great. in 2015 a paperback edition was published by Rupa Publications.

The translation was by J. Elisabeth Steur, who worked on it for several years and together with the help of a number of editors adapted details of the original story in order to make it accessible and plausible for Indian readers. A few fragments from books by other writers were added, as well as a lot of notes. The translator explains her inspiration and motives for the translation and the adaptationselaborately in Preface and Epilogue.