Temples, monasteries, and other religious structures were ... an increasingly interconnected world, the ancient connection between Buddhism, India, and Southeast Asia holds valuable lessons ...

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

Tulsa's small but active Buddhist community this week welcomed a Tibetan lama, a teacher of Buddhism, the ancient ... the dominant religion in many southeast Asian countries but India, where ...

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

which presents devotional art of three of India’s great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. “These are faiths practised by almost two billion people around the world. Our show is about ...

and tells "a passionate story about the three great religions of ancient India – Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism – and their vitality across time". Featuring around 180 objects (sculptures ...

Buddhism: A Journey through History” presents a rich tapestry of thematic stories that span topics such as the law, philosophy, war and governance. These narratives will surprise and engage readers ...

Unlike that opening sentence, Ancient India: Living Traditions is a very respectful and carefully managed show of religious art by the British Museum in which, quite honestly, the stirring charisma of ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions ... with nagas later incorporated into the visual vocabulary of all three religions. In Buddhism, nagas are portrayed sheltering the Buddha during meditation ...

aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its border with China. Home to many ancient monasteries as the birthplace of Buddhism, India received ...

About 2,000 years ago, art on the Indian subcontinent underwent "a stunning transformation", said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.Where it had previously been "enigmatically abstract", it started to ...