With all due respect for what seems to be an unusually charming and harmless religion, it is surprising, for me at least, to see a public row over Buddhist relics ... that they would be auctioned in ...

Next week (May 7), on the eve of Vesak, Sotheby's, the well-known British-founded brokers of fine arts, collectibles, and jewellery, will auction a collection of more than 300 sacred Buddhist relics .

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The British crown had claimed the gems fall under the 1878 Indian Treasure Trove Act, with the bones and ash gifted to the ...

A set of Buddhist gems that were once mixed with the cremated remains of the Buddha will not be auctioned off to the highest ...

Days before going under the hammer at Sotheby's Hong Kong, India has stepped in to halt the auction of a portion of the sacred Buddhist relics that were excavated in the northern parts of the ...

India has intervened to stop the auction of a portion of the sacred Buddhist relics at Sotheby's Hong Kong, which were excavated in the northern parts of the country in 1898. New Delhi has ...