This Bodhisattva belongs to the corpus of Buddhist schist statues from the ancient territory of Gandhara, which lay north of the Indus and south of Pamirs. This region, also known as the ...

This story goes that the Buddha, in a previous birth as a Bodhisattva, was a prince and sent to study at Taxila university.

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, ...

KYOTO--Kiyomizudera temple here, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has kicked off its special autumn nighttime viewing, ...