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This is a crucial first step to ensuring that the relics are cared for in a way that is attentive to Buddhist understandings ...
Another phenomenon inadvertently revealed by the fact of the sale is the ongoing commercialisation of Buddhism in the west.
Sotheby’s has postponed the controversial sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha after ...
A Hong Kong Wednesday Sotheby's auction of the Piprahwa gems linked to the Buddha was postponed Tuesday after India ...
New Delhi’s Ministry of Culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong, scheduled for Wednesday, “violates Indian ...
government calls relics 'inalienable religious and cultural heritage' and threatens legal action against auction house.
Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G A collection of 1,800 ancient “gem relics” linked to the Buddha is heading to auction, sparking global outrage. Discovered over a century ago in India’s Piprahwa ...
After receiving a legal notice from India’s Ministry of Culture, international auction house Sotheby’s has assured the ...
As gemstones found by a British landowner in colonial India head to Sotheby's, academics say it furthers "colonial legacies ...
The auction house Sotheby's has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha's remains, ...
Sotheby's Hong Kong postponed an auction of historical gems with ties to early Buddhism on after opposition from India.
Auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday that it had postponed the auction of a collection of hundreds of jewels linked to ...