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THIS IS THE STORY OF A BOOK BASED ON THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA, WHICH CAPTIVATED MANY ICONIC PERSONALITIES LIKE SWAMI VIVEKANANDA,
RABINDRANATH TAGORE, MAHATMA GANDHI, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU AND DR B.R.AMBEDKAR
The Light of Asia: The Poem That Defined the Buddha is a work of deep scholarship based on extensive research. It reveals how the poem got translated into over thirty languages, impacted many public personalities in different countries, inspired movements for social equality and incarnated itself in music, dance, dramas, art and films. In a stunning climax, this book discovers the great-grandson of Sir Edwin Arnold, who now lives in Bhopal