HONG KONG – Tens of thousands of people lined up Thursday to see one of Buddha’s fingers – on loan from China for 10 days – and although they were herded past in a hurry, many said the relic offered ...

In a moment being described as civilisationally historic, sacred relics of Lord Gautam Buddha excavated from Piprahwa, ...

HONG KONG -- Tens of thousands of people lined up Thursday to see one of Buddha's fingers -- on loan from China for 10 days -- and although they were herded past in a hurry, many said the relic ...

Called the Piprahwa Relics, these are an exceptional collection that embodies the legacy of Lord Buddha and signifies a ...

India has demanded the immediate suspension of an auction in Hong Kong featuring a portion of Buddhist relics excavated over a century ago, calling the sale illegal and unethical. The relics, listed ...

New Delhi: The auction of the Piprahwa relics, linked to Lord Buddha and originally scheduled for May 7 by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, has been postponed, a statement issued the ministry of culture said on ...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Tens of thousands of people lined up Thursday to see one of Buddha's fingers -- on loan from China for 10 days -- and although they were herded past in a hurry, many said the relic ...

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Sotheby’s is honoured to present the Piprahwa gems, appearing for the first time in Hong Kong. The 1898 discovery of these gems by William Claxton Peppé at Piprahwa in northern India — where they were ...