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

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

Sotheby’s has postponed the controversial sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha after ...

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

India's foreign ministry said that the Peppé family had to right to sell the gem relics, since they were taken as a form of ...

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

India pointed out that even if the colonial government of that time gave custodianship to William Peppé, his descendants had ...

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

government calls relics 'inalienable religious and cultural heritage' and threatens legal action against auction house.

Sotheby’s has postponed the auction of a collection of ancient gems linked to the Buddha’s remains after the Indian ...

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, ...