Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. India has demanded the immediate suspension of an auction in Hong Kong featuring a portion of Buddhist relics excavated over a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sotheby's postponed the auction of Piprahwa gems linked to the Buddha over a legal challenge from India. File Photo by John ...

In a dramatic chain of events unfolding across borders and time zones, India successfully halted the auction of extraordinarily rare jewels believed to be 2500 years old and intimately tied to the ...

Sotheby’s had canceled an auction of the Piprahwa Gems after pressure from the Indian government. India said the relics were back in their “rightful home.” By Claire Moses Reporting from London The ...

HONG KONG — A collection of ancient gems linked to Buddha’s remains has been repatriated to India after authorities slammed their planned auction by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. Subscribe to read this ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Sotheby’s on Wednesday postponed an auction of jewels associated with Buddha’s remains after the Indian government opposed the sale and demanded it be halted. The gems for auction ...

In 1898, British landowner William Claxton Peppé excavated an ancient funerary monument on his estate in northern India. The site revealed a trove of 1,800 jewels, as well as ash and bone fragments.

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

The ancient Indian gemstones linked to Buddha that were pulled out from a Sotheby’s sale earlier this year have found their way home after 127 years. India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ...

Shah was received by Ladakh Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport here. Senior officials of the police and civil administration were ...