Lumbini to Kushinara: Buddha's Path - Paperback

by Varsha Uke Nagpal (Author)

Lumbini to Kushinara takes the reader 2600 years back in time. Sidharth Gautam was born in 583 BC in a place called Lumbini which is in Nepal today. Eighty years later he died in Kushinara, which is in India. This book traces the path that Sidharth took in these eighty years. This is the story of the life and times of Sidharth who later on became the Buddha. How and why there was this transformation from his being a prince to an ascetic who propounded a Philosophy which became a major Religion of the World, is the theme of this book. It is not a travelogue nor is it a religious discourse. This is the story of a person who walked the earth 2600 years ago and his footsteps are still being followed by a large number of people all over the world.

Author Biography

Varsha has travelled to almost every part of India. Her travels have also taken her across the length and breadth of Europe and America and also to some parts of Africa.Traveling and reading have been her favourite hobbies, and she is capable of reading anything that she can lay her hands on. A few years back while travelling by train if she didn't have anything else to read she would even read the Bradshaw and learn everything about the places that she went by in the train. Varsha's love for travel and reading has brought her to this juncture where she has written this book about a journey which takes you back about 2600 years to 600BC. Professionally Varsha was a Banker, and took a slightly early retirement from the Bank, so that she could pursue her favourite activities without any hindrance and bindings. This is her maiden venture in this genre of writing.