Routes pictured are based on maps from the map collection at Cornell University Library (with special thanks to Nij Tontisirin) and “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism” (2024), with additional input ...

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

Even as India and China continue to be locked in a military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, the two countries are grappling for influence over the Buddhist world. This week ...

In a reflection of the centuries-old Buddhist connection between India and Mongolia, an exposition of the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha’s chief disciples — Arahant Sariputta and Arahant Mahamoggallana — ...

Experts are analyzing 2000-year-old Indian Buddhist documents that have only recently come to light. The precious manuscripts have already yielded some surprising findings. Experts in Indological ...

Introduction -- The Material of Religion -- From the Buddha to Ashoka: c. 600-200 BCE -- The Sangha and the Laity: c. 200 BCE-200 CE -- The Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha Images, and Monastic ...

LHASA, (ANI) – Indian -Tibetan ties go back to the 7th Century when Buddhism was introduced to Tibet. To preserve and propagate the Buddhism Dharma, Tibet sent many of its people to India to study ...

Indian Buddhist devotees offer prayers at a Buddhist temple during the Buddha Purnima Festival in New DelhiMANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP / Getty Images Neha Mohan was 24 years old and living the new Indian ...

Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake inaugurated a special exhibition on ...

Archaeologists in eastern India have unearthed a statue of an elephant they think was carved about 2,300 years ago, when Buddhism was the main religion in the region. The statue is about 3 feet (1 ...

NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian authorities on Friday cleared Tibetan Buddhism's third most important leader in a probe into $1.35 million in cash discovered last month at his headquarters in northern India, ...