The Light of Asia: The poem that defined The Buddha
- Haryana: Penguin Random House India, 2021.
- xxi, 457p.
SECTION I. 1. 1832-1857: The Pre-Poona Edwin Arnold 2. 1857-1860: Edwin Arnold in Poona 3. 1860-1876: Edwin Arnold Back in London: Empire Author, Imperial Journalist, Oriental Poetry SECTION II. 4. 1879: The Light of Asia 5. 1880-1885: Basking in the Glory of The Light of Asia 6. 1881-1895: Atacks on The Light of Asia 7. 1885 and Beyond: The Song Celestial and Mahatma Gandhi 8. 1885-1886: Edwin Arnold in India and Ceylon 9. 1886 and Beyond: Edwin Arnold and the Buddha-Gya Temple Campaign He Launched 10. 1881-1900: Translations of The Light of Asia 11. 1889-1895: Edwin Arnold in America and Japan, The Light of the World and Sri Aurobindo 12. 1890-1900: Translations of The Light of Asia, More Works and Swami Vivekananda 13. 1900-1910: Sir Edwin Arnold's Final Years and the Continuing Appeal of The Light of Asia SECTION III. 14. The 1910s: Translations of The Light of Asia in South India, Rabindranath Tagore, Channing Arnold and More 15. The 1920s: The Light of Asia in Hindi, Film and More 16. The 1930s: Sir Edwin Arnold's Birth Centenary and More Translations of the Light of Asia 17. The 1940s: The Light of Asia in Tamil and Kannada, Hollywood and More 18. The 1950s: Bodh Gaya Temple, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Sir Edwin's biography and More 19. The 1960s and 1970s: Continuing Academic Studies on The Light of Asia and Recollections in India and Sri Lanka 20. The 1980s and 1990s: Art Exhibitions, Victorian Buddhism Examined and Post-Colonial Analysis of The Light of Asia 21. The 21st century: Keeping The Light of Asia Burning Bright SECTION IV. 22. A Curious Case of Sir Edwin Arnold and the Lall-Vakh Translations in Kashmir 23. Coda: The Discovery of Edwin Arnold's Great Grandchildren in Bhopal and Elsewhere 24. A Final Word 25. A Note of Thanks