At the Bihar Museum in Patna, a distinguished gathering of scholars addressed the topic of 'Buddhist heritage, culture, and ...

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 ...

India, April 4 -- Buddhism, which went through a process of decline in the 13th century, regained the centre stage of Indian outlook, history, panorama and international relations especially in the ...

Twenty-three years ago, when Ravikumar and I came up with the idea of starting a publishing house to be a vehicle for Ambedkarite ideas, we were looking for a name. Many names were considered and set ...

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 ...

As part of an ongoing academic exchange program with the Tibetan universities in exile in India, each year the Five Colleges send 15 students to spend interterm studying Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan ...

Part. I. History of the rise, progress and downfall of Buddhism in India.--Part.II. History of Tibet from early times to 1745 A.D siris_sil_1088260 ...

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 ...