government calls relics 'inalienable religious and cultural heritage' and threatens legal action against auction house.

The Milindapañha recounts the Socratic-like dialogue of an Indo-Greek king, Menander, and his conversion. Could it be true?

Many Buddhists today trace their social justice activism to the work of BR Ambedkar, the Indian caste abolitionist who once ...

A Buddhist leader visited India for weeklong rituals and teachings. His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje, spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, presided over a weeklong ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." ...

This kind of imagery is now part of day-to-day life,” says the curator Sushma Jansari of the types of objects included in the ...

Ahead of UN Day of Vesak, union minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju attends the event by the International Buddhist ...

India, with its rich spiritual heritage ... a rich collection of Thangkas, statues, and ancient relics that are of utmost importance in Buddhism. Although its location is a little more secluded ...

One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism ... site of ancient monasteries, covering an area of over forty square kilometers. As in India, magnificent ...

In a first-of-its-kind project, Bhutan’s Druk Nyo Foundation has launched an initiative seeking to rediscover and document Buddhism’s deep reverence of nature, and laying the foundation of a new ...