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Art historian Naman Ahuja says the Piprahwa gems are "the cultural property of the world." But soon they'll be the legal ...
New Delhi’s Ministry of Culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong, scheduled for Wednesday, “violates Indian ...
Jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha are set to be sold at auction, sparking a threat of legal action from ...
India’s government has slammed the proposed sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha and called ...
A cache of ancient jewels linked to the remains of Buddha is set to go up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on May 7, with ...
After receiving a legal notice from India’s Ministry of Culture, international auction house Sotheby’s has assured the ...
The 300 sacred jewels are part of a larger trove found in India in 1898. They're scheduled to be sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, ...
India has demanded the immediate suspension of an auction in Hong Kong featuring a portion of Buddhist relics excavated over ...
A collection of jewels and holy relics is set to be auctioned by the family of a colonial-era English explorer. Now, the ...
Indian gems linked to the Buddha’s mortal remains found in Piprahwa, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, in the 1890s, are going ...
Sotheby's Hong Kong will auction a collection of several hundred ancient Indian gem relics linked to Buddha's mortal remains, ...
As gemstones found by a British landowner in colonial India head to Sotheby's, academics say it furthers "colonial legacies ...