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First published in 1915, this book presents a dramatization of part of the author's The Light of Asia. The original text represents one of the first successful attempts to popularise Buddhism and its founder Gautama Buddha - presenting his life, teachings and philosophy in verse poetry.

Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI was an English poet and journalist, who is most known for his work The Light of Asia. In 1861 he worked as a journalist on the staff of the Daily Telegraph, a newspaper with which he continued to be associated as editor for more than forty years.

List of Illustrations; Note on the Costume Drawings; The Four Truths; The Eight Precepts; The Scenery; Stage Directions; Properties Required; Characters; Some Phases in the Life of Buddha