UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891) for inclusion. Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese ...

A flag is a piece of cloth or similar material ... of the sun and moon while that of Elara is a plain banner with four horizontal lines. Flags and banners in ancient Sri Lanka were linked ...

UNESCO says ancient Buddhist scriptures stored at Tokyo's Zojoji temple will be added to its Memory of the World list. The documents, known as the Three Editions of Buddhist Sacred Canons ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that ...

Ancient sculptures including Shaiva and Buddhist deities, has been discovered in Odisha's Bhadrak district. These artefacts, believed to date back to the 6th or 7th century CE, were unearthed near ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--The hollowed out head of an ancient Buddhist statue kept at the Myooin temple here revealed sheet after sheet of “washi” traditional paper adorned with images ...

Ancient sculptures, including remnants of Shaiva and Buddhist deities, have been discovered along the Baitarani River in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, news agency PTI reported on Friday citing ...