[Buddha-l] Guruge's book - a query

[Artur Karp]

Dear All,

In his review of Ananda W. P. Gurugé's monumental book [ Aśoka, the
Righteous: A Definitive Biography, Colombo 1993] Richard Gombrich remarks:

<<A  point  of  added  interest  is  that  Guruge  has  a new  theory
 (already  published  elsewhere)  about  how  the  inscriptions  should  be
 grouped  and  articulated;  he  suggests  that  what  gave  him  this
 insight  was  his  experience  as  "a  drafter  of  official  circulars
 for  the  consumption  of  large  bureaucracies  and  the  public"  (p.
 xi).>> [Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Third Series, Vol. 6, No. 1
(Apr., 1996), p. 118]

Could anyone, please, comment on the enigmatic phrase "(already published
elsewhere)"?

I'd be very grateful for relevant bibliographical info on what was already
"published elesewhere".

Regards,

Artur Karp

Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali (ret.)
South Asian Studies Dept.
Oriental Faculty
University of Warsaw
Poland