'The Heritage Post'

  The word Annales basically means records or archives in French; which means recording past events. The word annals refers to three interlinked occurrences:- 1. A journal founded by Mark Bloch and Lucien Febvre.                                                                               2. A ‘school’ or network of French and French speaking historians. 3. A heterogeneous movement which under the inspiration of the same journal has renewed historiography.                                                                                                                                                                                      This covers economic and social aspects of history, focusing on quantative data mainly. However, this school of thought reformed, enhanced with time with contribution and adding of new scholars to it. Like Fernand Braudel brought methodological shift towards quantative history and long term studies, he shifted the focus of history from politics, diplomacy

  Introduction Ashoka in his 13 th rock edict mentions about the suffering and grief he felt after conquering the Kalinga; and what we know today as his policy of Dhamma is a result of his realization after the war. Although his policy of Dhamma has a vast perspective, along with the ideals of social welfare it has political implications also which helped him to manage such a vast empire and administration which covered most part of the Indian sub-continent. Ashoka’s policy of Dhamma is influenced from Buddhism but it did was not made to promote the Buddhism as religion but to promote its ideals. This assignment tries to look at these ideals, their social and political aspects and how much his policy was free from religious implications. The Dhamma: - The policy of Dhamma is like an open room where all the good ethics regardless of any sect, religion and community can exist. It was formed according to the sectarian, administrative and political needs of the then current times. D