Researchers have documented, analyzed, and measured Buddhist buildings as part of several expeditions and preserved some of ...

Using 3D technology and interdisciplinary expertise, a research team has explored Buddhist temples in the remote Dolpo region ...

The Tibetan Plateau, with an average elevation of 4,000 meters, has long been known as the Roof of the World, where the weather is cold, rainfall is limited, natural conditions are rather harsh, and ...

Wutai, in Shanxi province, is a Buddhist complex dating back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420 - 581) when Buddhism was introduced to the area and it reflects different types of productivity ...

In Gyeongju, the past and present exist side by side. Once the capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 BC-AD 935), the city also bears traces of later periods, includi ...

The Buddhist architecture, associated remains, sculptural remains, and inscriptions prove beyond doubt that Greater Mumbai held a prominent position in the Buddhist and trading networks of the past.

Buddhism gained promi-nence during the reign of the emperor Ashoka. It is primarily represented by three important building types- the Chaitya Hall (place of worship), the Vihara (monastery) and the ...

Eminent architect Vikram lall (designer of Akshardham Temple) has compiled Buddhist architecture from across 20 countries in a rare book showing how Buddhist thoughts and rituals have interacted with ...

A stupa (Sanskrit for “heap”) is an important form of Buddhist architecture as a place of burial or a receptacle for sacred religious objects, which has its origins in the pre-Buddhist burial mounds ...

Periods of historical development in Sri Lanka are identified in relation to the kingdoms, of which Anuradhapura is referred to as the earliest and the Kandyan kingdom as the last. The establishment ...

BHUBANESWAR: This Durga Puja, revelers in the Capital City will witness the beauty of Thailand’s Buddhist temple at Saheed Nagar. The front gate of the Puja pandal is a replica of a Buddhist temple in ...

Two women flank a man; one of them is playfully trying to pull a sash off the man’s waist. This scene, sculpted in the 1st century BC at the Kondane caves near Karjat, is among the architectural ...