The elegantly carved feline figures from the third century B.C., unearthed by the British in northern India, embody both ...

His policies promoted non-violence, religious tolerance, and moral governance, laying the groundwork for the spread of ...

After years of brutal rule and the bloody Battle of Kalinga, Ashoka felt tremendous regret for the violence he wrought upon his enemies. He converted to Buddhism and embraced the idea of dharma ...

Known for his principles of non-violence and religious tolerance, Ashoka modeled himself as a cakravartin, the Buddhist term for a "universal ruler," whose rule was based on the principle of ...

The 3rd century BC saw the spread of Buddhism in South India and Sri Lanka during Emperor Asoka's rule, said Fr. Dr. K. M. George, historian and chairperson of the Federated Faculty for Research in ...

Buddhist monk Gyanbodhi, in his 70s, came to the Domuhan Road protest site from Jagdalpur in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. “If Buddha is the incarnation of Vishnu, then keep the idol of Buddha in ...

The drama, that took place about 236 years after Sakyamuni Gotama Buddha's demise, (Maha-Parinibbana), has an air of religious fervour and a link with mother India, where the great Master lived. After ...