Conclave: Historian William Dalrymple spoke about the intellectual exchange of India with the rest of the world. He pointed ...

The “Greekness” of the Terracotta Army went viral, but archaeologists in China were skeptical of the influence of Greek art.

The vast History syllabus can present challenging questions, but sometimes we make them harder with simple mistakes. In our ...

Buddhism is practiced in various parts of the world and the Ancient Greeks played a significant role in the mission of ...

Stories of merchants are notably absent in Brahmin scriptures but are widespread in Buddhist scriptures. Shortly after the Buddha attained Nirvana, he was met by two merchants who fed him but admitted ...

But Gandhara is not just a reflection of the past ... In Swat the participants visited Bazira, Shingerdar Stupa, Ghaligay Buddha, Jahanabad Buddha, Butkara, Swat Museum, Saidu Stupa, Amlukdara ...

In January, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) found Buddhist artifacts three colossal Buddha heads, hundreds of votive stupas, stone inscriptions, and images of Buddhist gods and goddesses ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that many of the world's conflicts are an outcome of taking extreme positions instead of a balanced approach, asserting that Buddha's teachings of following ...

The first sculptural depictions of the Buddha were made around the first century BCE, probably by Greek sculptors, in Gandhara region, currently in Afghanistan and Pakistan where once flourishing ...