New Delhi’s Ministry of Culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong, scheduled for Wednesday, “violates Indian ...

Another phenomenon inadvertently revealed by the fact of the sale is the ongoing commercialisation of Buddhism in the west.

A Hong Kong Wednesday Sotheby's auction of the Piprahwa gems linked to the Buddha was postponed Tuesday after India ...

This is a crucial first step to ensuring that the relics are cared for in a way that is attentive to Buddhist understandings ...

Auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday that it had postponed the auction of a collection of hundreds of jewels linked to ...

Jewels linked to the physical remains of the Buddha are set to be sold at auction, sparking a threat of legal action from ...

Indian gems linked to the Buddha’s mortal remains found in Piprahwa, in present-day Uttar Pradesh, in the 1890s, are going ...

A set of Buddhist gems that were once mixed with the cremated remains of the Buddha will not be auctioned off to the highest ...

As gemstones found by a British landowner in colonial India head to Sotheby's, academics say it furthers "colonial legacies ...

New Delhi’s Ministry of Culture said the auction of the Piprahwa gems in Hong Kong, scheduled for Wednesday, “violates Indian and international laws as well as United Nations conventions ...

Sotheby's in Hong Kong postponed an auction of gems with ties to early Buddhism on Wednesday after opposition from India, ...