Life of the BuddhaThe Buddhist monk Ashvaghosha composed Life of the Buddha in the first or second century CE probably in Aydhya. This is the earliest surviving text of the Sanskrit literary genre called kavya and probably provided models for Kalidasa's more famous works. The most poignant scenes on the path to his Awakening are when the young prince Siddhrtha, the future Buddha, is confronted by the reality of sickness, old age, and death, while seduced by the charms