A commentary on the role of Buddhism in the diplomatic relations between India and China

New Ancient Religions gallery draws on pan-Asian Buddhist art traditions

An ambitious study of Buddhist art and archaeology in India

Jason Ranek relates his path to Buddhism

Review of an art exhibit at the Asian Civilisations Museum

As I am not an art historian, I had some hesitation in attending the talks on “Buddhist Art and Architecture.” However, after reading the abstracts, I was surprised to learn that the resea

Raymond Lam reviews Mokspace’s “Wisdom and Compassion” Buddhist Group Art Exhibition   Across from the venerable British Museum (which itself houses a vast collection of Budd

  Beginning in the mid-1980’s, American scholars John and Susan Huntington turned Buddhist art history on its head with claims that the first Buddha images were made shortly after the Buddha’s death,

One of the curiosities of history is the lack of evidence of any image of the Buddha for approximately 400 years after his death.  The early academic consensus favored a period of defacto aniconism, a

Perhaps no religious icon is as widely used and well-known as the image of the Buddha seated in meditation.  Yet one of the curiosities of history is that there is no evidence of images of the Buddha,

Editor’s Note: Dr. Andrey Anatolyevich Terentyev studied Sanskrit, Tibetan and Indian Philosophies and Religions. He obtained his Ph.D. in the field of Oriental Studies (Russia). Currently, he is a vi

It is high time we brought back the lost traditions of the Mathurān and Gandhāran art schools. Mathurā and Gandhāra were two regions in ancient India that played host to two distinctive styles of Budd