Dr Jessica Frazier, from the Department of Religious Studies, participated in the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘In Our Time’, hosted by presenter Melvyn Bragg.

The programme focused on Ashoka the Great, Emperor of India. Ashoka conquered almost all of the landmass covered by modern-day India, creating the largest empire South Asia had ever known. After his campaign of conquest he converted to Buddhism, and spread the religion throughout his domain. Jessica, an expert in themes in Hinduism and religious philosophies, participated in the programme with Dr Naomi Appleton (University of Edinburgh) and Richard Gombrich (Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies).

This is the third time Jessica has appeared on Radio 4 this year, with her recently contributing to the programmes A History of Ideas and Jessica Frazier on Creation Myths.

You can listen to the programme on the BBC’s iPlayer.