India hides ancient cave wonders beyond the famous Ajanta and Ellora. Explore the Jain shelters of Udayagiri and Khandagiri in Odisha, the Chalukyan a ...

Rome would influence India in turn, helping to introduce the representation of the Buddha to Buddhist art in the 2nd and 3rd ...

Non-Vedic trends — such as Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivikas — have been given considerable play in Truschke’s understanding of ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political, cultural, ...

Tibetan history credits Guru Padmasambhava as one of the founding fathers of Buddhism in Tibet along with Acharya Shantarakshita from India. He was one of the famous seventeen exceptional pandit ...

Nepal's living goddess, the Kumari, a young girl embodying Goddess Taleju, continues an ancient tradition. Chosen through ...

India is often praised for its spirituality, poetry, and devotion. What is less known, and usually deliberately forgotten, is ...

A black car carrying Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is mobbed by students at the Deoband seminary, India, Oct. 11 ...

Vijay Hashia India and Afghanistan share ancient civilizational ties rooted in the Indus Valley, Gandhara, Buddhism, Sufism, art, and trade; connected through Persian and Indo-Afghan cultures, ...

It is not often noted, but in the North, Bihar is the only state where the BJP has not come to power on its own. The party's ...

In spite of some missteps, there is much to admire in Sindu Rajasekaran's ‘Forbidden Desire’, a largely curatorial history of ...

Along India’s eastern coast lies Andhra Pradesh, where the emerald ocean meets the quiet strength of the hills. The Bay of ...