Depicted by the statue is the Buddha Amitābha, a prominent figure in Mahayana Buddhism.

There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the ...

This layout, and the decorations of carved stones and terracotta plaques, reflect the building's religious function, which is greatly influenced by Buddhist architecture from Cambodia and Java ...

Overall, the buildings on the site catalogue the way in which Buddhist architecture developed and influenced palace building in China for over a millennium. Mount Wutai, literally, 'the five terrace ...

Glen Hill pays tribute to Dr Adrian Snograss, "a luminary in the fields of architecture, Buddhist studies and hermeneutical ...

While today, in India, Buddhism is strongly linked with social activism and anti-caste movements, the reason Buddhism thrived ...

These discoveries include burial sites dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, alongside an array of Buddhist art and architecture. As per reports, in Kerala, near the massive Malampuzha dam ...