HARIPUR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan unveiled the remains of a 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha image on Wednesday, part of an initiative to encourage tourism and project religious harmony in a region ...

On 26th May 2021, India celebrated Buddha Jayanti, the anniversary of the great soul obtaining enlightenment. Exactly 47 years ago, on the Buddha Jayanti of 1974, Smiling Buddha ushered India into the ...

JAHANABAD, Pakistan – When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to ...

Three years ago, Pakistan was celebrating statues of the Buddha. One of the world’s oldest sleeping Buddha had been unearthed in Bhamala in Haripur. The unveiling of the sleeping Buddha was strategic, ...

Archeologists have found Buddha artifacts in northwest Pakistan dated back to 1,800 years, an official said. The rare artifacts have been found in the Swabi district, located some 83 kilometers (52 ...

The Buddha, earlier represented symbolically (as a footprint), came to be depicted as a Greek deity or king, standing or seated in meditation. This, for example, is the 23-foot high Buddha of ...

SARNATH (Varanasi): Union tourism minister Mahesh Sharma wants top brass in Pakistan to study the life and teaching of Lord Buddha in the interest of humanity. Talking to TOI after the opening session ...

Opposition leader Imran Khan said that it was important to preserve heritage sites which are an asset for the country. Pakistan unveiled the remains of a 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha image on ...

Jahanabad, Pakistan: When the Taliban blew the face off a towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving of Buddha in northwest Pakistan almost five years ago, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist to ...