The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

Academic point-scoring over long-dead excavators turns a potentially grand narrative into a series of inside-baseball ...

GUJARAT, India (RNS ... flags and banners depicting the caves congregate at the ancient site to raise awareness about Buddhism. “We’ve petitioned government officers but no one’s ...

Buddhism in Southeast Asia from India underscores a complex interaction ... Asia is a testament to the persistent power of this ancient religion and its capacity to adapt to changing times and ...

I believe that in ancient times, a new religion could survive its infancy ... despite the backing of a great Indian emperor, Buddhism began to fade in India. No one can explain.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India ... by ideas that came out of India - ideas like Buddhism and Hinduism.

The novel makes the circular nature of time the book’s primary conceit by making the far future reflect an ancient past.

“And while in India and the adjoining countries the exclusive Theravada Buddhism was being transmuted into the universalist Mahayana, this great parent-stem of Chinese religion was being shaped ...

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient ... obviously religion, Hinduism, over Southeast Asia, but Buddhism over a far ...

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden ... with the birth of Buddhism. DALRYMPLE: Today we often think of Buddhism as being a very otherworldly religion.