Part 2 of “The Nirvana Route”: How early encounters between India, China, and Southeast Asia shaped Asian civilization.

But the major impact of Sinhalese culture was on Southeast Asia - on Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia ... The entire order of Myanmar Bhikkhus - a total of 15,666 - was now re-ordained on the new Sinhala ...

Ashoka the Great, the Mauryan emperor who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE, is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Indian history. His conversion to ...

Bhubaneswar: In the hills of Ratnagiri in Odisha, 15 archaeologists have been working over the last three months to uncover ...

the relationship between India and Southeast Asia during those periods straddled maritime trade routes and religion, or the spread of Buddhism by Indian emperors who sent out monks and emissaries ...

This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country ... South and Southeast Asia Countries in South and Southeast Asia ...

Located in Southeast Asia, India sits on a peninsula that extends between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. The country, the birthplace of Hinduism and Buddhism, is the world’s second most ...