Establishing a new religion in ancient India was no simple matter ... Before the mid-third century, the Buddha did not appear in the Buddhist art of southern India. Or rather his representation ...

Peter van Ham has been documenting the site of the Tabo monastery for 30 years, and thanks to Phase One it's now presented in ...

“Creating works of art promptly was important in that era to receive divine grace. We can conclude that Buddhist sculptors must have had an incredible level of skill in those days.” ...

Kinzang Chojay, a 38-year-old master of Buddhist thangka painting ... forgetting the ancient techniques that make thangka painting unique.” Kinzang Chojay said. “What makes our art special is the use ...