The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
The artistic traditions at Ajanta present an important and rare specimen of art, architecture, painting, and socio-cultural, religious and political history of contemporary society in India. The ...
Buddhism as a Cultural Ambassador Soft power is the power to affect others by influencing culture, values, and ideology ...
In Turkmenistan, the ancient city of Merw opens a window to Buddhist stupas and monasteries, echoing stories of the Silk Road's rich history. Uzbekistan, with its enchanting cities like Samarkand ...
According to Buddhism expert Sunil Patnaik, the site has two phases of history. The first phase of 200 years belonged to Mahayana Buddhism and the rest saw Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism.
The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising ...
These masterpieces of wooden architecture are important not only for the history of art, since they illustrate the adaptation of Chinese Buddhist architecture and layout to Japanese culture, but also ...
Other typical lines in China frame the distinct roles India and China played in Buddhism’s history, such as claims that “Buddhism originated in India, but it flourished in China” or that ...
The Embassy of Pakistan in Korea produced a documentary shedding light on the South Asian country's rich Buddhist history and ...