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Children's Book Trust The King And The Monk by A.K. Ghosh
Shrewd and ambitious, the Bactrian king craves for more-more battlesmore spilling of blood But “Power makes a man arrogant” says the Buddhist monk Caught in a dilemma Menander gets impatient Something about the noble soul arrests his attentionYears later they meet again, the king in battle dress, the monk in saffron robes and they walk togetheramong the dead, the dying and the wounded“Alas!” says the monk, “they died only to satisfy an ambitionyour ambition”In the distance Menander can hear the chanting of Buddhist hymnsWould these impact his future?,