From reproductive rights to climate change to Big ... Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashokan Era, circa 240-200 BCE”, were set to be a centrepiece of a two-week series of Sotheby’s auctions in Hong ...

Also Read:Bone fragments, caskets: Culture ministry moves to block auction of Buddha relics in Hong Kong Director general ... under India’s Antiquities and Art Treasures Act (1972), which ...

The relics had been preserved in a private British collection for over a century . A remarkable collection of ancient jewels, once buried beside what were believed to be the Buddha's ashes, is set ...

The “Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha” were to have been one of the highlights of a fortnight of auctions ongoing in Hong Kong that are focused on Asian works of art. According to a ...

The ministry issued a legal notice to Sotheby’s and directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to request intervention via Hong Kong ... “The Buddha’s relics are not art market ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech ... for auction by Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 7 May, include gemstones and ritual items associated with Buddha. The Ministry of Culture ...

A rare collection of ancient jewels, believed to have been buried alongside the mortal remains of the Buddha, will be auctioned on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The move has sparked ...

The auction, titled “The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashokan Era, circa 240-200 BCE”, were set to be a centrepiece of a two-week series of Sotheby’s auctions in Hong Kong, ...

Sotheby’s Hong Kong informed the Ministry on Tuesday that the auction would be postponed. The auction page was subsequently ...