Topic started by Orlando (@ user.dallasisd.org) on Thu Aug 17 16:14:45 .
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I'm looking for background information about 600 B.C. and Siddhartha

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• From: bookworm (@ 164.164.86.66) on: Mon Sep 11 13:58:53 EDT 2000
  
  Isn't there a book written by Sri Aurobindo, with the same name?
  
  
• From: Mani M. Manivannan (@ sji-ca-cache2.icg.net) on: Sun Sep 17 12:31:15 EDT 2000
  
  There is a nice historical fiction called "Creation" by Gore Vidal. It exploits the historical coincidence that Buddha lived around the same time as great philosophers and emperors/great kings in Greece, Persia, and India. The protoganist gets to meet with and discuss politics and philosophy with important historical persons. It is an interesting piece of work.
  
  There is another novel by Herman Hesse called "Siddhartha" that is about a brahmin called Siddhartha who is a seeker that gets to interact with Gotama Buddha.
  
  

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