Pakistan Buddha

India has expressed its concerns to Pakistan over a Buddha statue being smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, and asked Islamabad to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage of minorities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India's growing influence on the global stage and the steps it has taken to address the issues of development, peace and security in his address at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today. India had earlier clarified that the Kashmir issue will not feature in PM Modi's address, give...

The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani valley.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Nepal for a summit of eight South Asian countries. A few days ago, his team dropped plans for the PM's rallies at the birthplaces of the Buddha and the Goddess Sita, after controversy over whether he was gaining too much prominence inside Nepal.

Two Indian archaeologists are being sent to Kabul to study a "begging bowl" thought to have been used by Buddha in a first step to bringing the artifact back to India, an official said.

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 come to the rescue. Thanks to the efforts of Luca Olivieri and his partners, the 6-meter (nearly 20-foot)-tall image near the town of Jahanabad is getting a facelift, and ...

India has expressed its concerns to Pakistan over a Buddha statue being smashed into pieces with a sledgehammer in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, and asked Islamabad to ensure the protection of the cultural heritage of minorities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India's growing influence on the global stage and the steps it has taken to address the issues of development, peace and security in his address at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today. India had earlier clarified that the Kashmir issue will not feature in PM Modi's address, give...

The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised Pakistani valley.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Nepal for a summit of eight South Asian countries. A few days ago, his team dropped plans for the PM's rallies at the birthplaces of the Buddha and the Goddess Sita, after controversy over whether he was gaining too much prominence inside Nepal.

Two Indian archaeologists are being sent to Kabul to study a "begging bowl" thought to have been used by Buddha in a first step to bringing the artifact back to India, an official said.

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 come to the rescue. Thanks to the efforts of Luca Olivieri and his partners, the 6-meter (nearly 20-foot)-tall image near the town of Jahanabad is getting a facelift, and ...