Ashoka, published in 1973, is a comic book. It is the 536th book of the Amar Chitra Katha series.

Ashoka was the Emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, and he was headquartered in Magadha. He was a peerless warrior by nature, and fought numerous battles in his lifetime. However, his wife was a peace loving woman who wanted to lead a life of nonviolence and serenity.

Ashoka waged a lethal war, after which he realized that he should develop a peaceful and prosperous kingdom. He embraced Buddhism, and started to spread the message of universal love. He even sent off his children as Buddhist missionaries to other lands.

Ashoka is an informative, interesting, and entertaining comic book. Young readers will get to learn about the life of this great Emperor, from the time of his aggressive youth to his gradual transformation into a calm and nonviolent personality.

Ram Charan (born Ramcharan in 1939 in Uttar Pradesh, India) is a business consultant, speaker, and writer.
Charan worked in his family's shoe shop in northern India while growing up. He earned a degree in engineering from Banaras Hindu University and later studied at Harvard Business School, where he was awarded an MBA (1965) and a doctorate (1967).Before becoming a full-time consultant in 1978, he taught at the Harvard Business School, the Kellogg School of Management, and Boston University.
Charan has consulted for many well-known companies such as GE, KLM, and Bank of America. He is the author of various popular books on business, including Leadership in the Era of Economic Uncertainty: The New Rules for Getting the Right Things Done in Difficult Times, Boards That Deliver, What The CEO Wants You To Know, Boards At Work, Every Business Is A Growth Business (with Noel Tichy), Profitable Growth Is Everyone's Business, Confronting Reality,Know How and Execution (with Larry Bossidy and Charles Burck), which was a best-seller.
Ram is a workaholic. He is not married and has no children. At age 67, he recently purchased his first apartment in Dallas, TX. Before this purchase, he did not have a home and spent every night in a hotel room or at an associate's residence. Regardless of his location, his assistants in Dallas send him new clothes via courier and he returns his dirty laundry to them.
Charan was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2000 and named a Distinguished Fellow in 2005. He is also a director of Austin Industries.