The first Buddhist cave monuments at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. During the Gupta period (5th and 6th centuries A.D.), many more richly decorated caves were added to the original ...

Though sandstone succumbs easily to the chisel, it erodes quickly in rain. The survival of this Buddha and its grottoes, like ...

India is intensifying efforts to highlight its Buddhist heritage, targeting tourism and global influence. The government is improving infrastructure at key Buddhist sites while leveraging soft power ...

Carved into the cliffs above the Dachuan River, the Mogao Caves south-east of the Dunhuang oasis, Gansu Province, comprise the largest, most richly endowed, and longest used treasure house of Buddhist ...

The world-famous caves at Ajanta are a series of 30 Buddhist rock-cut caves, with exquisite paintings and murals ...

The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise ...

A senior Central Tourism department official said on Monday that world heritage Ajanta and Ellora Caves in Maharashtra could be promoted as monsoon tourism destinations given lush greenery that ...

Juqu Mengxun (368-433), the second ruler of Northern Liang — a dynasty that partially or entirely controlled the Hexi Corridor between 397 and 439 — answered this by carving Buddhist caves ...