What prompted the idea for the course? I adopted this course from a colleague when I took on my assistant professor position here at University of Illinois, Chicago. Over the years, the class content ...

THE advance of archaeological study is one of the most remarkable cultural achievements of the Chinese since the advent of the Communist regime in 1949. It has not been merely a matter of impressive ...

Introduction. Discovery of the Amaravati Stūpa: Early Excavations and Interpretations / Akira Shimada -- Part 1. Historical and Religious Contexts -- 1. The South Deccan Iron Age: Antecedents to Early ...

The aged man put an enormous bow to his chest and shot an arrow straight ahead in a ceremony practiced by 21 generations of his family, bowmakers to the Japanese emperors. Turning to the holy Tibetan ...

Discover India's oldest monument. Commissioned by Emperor Ashoka, it is a key site for early Buddhist stone architecture and ...

On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states ...

Samuel Glasscock has a secret in his Chuckatuck back yard. Standing there one evening, the 71-year-old chairman of the Louise Obici Memorial Hospital Board and former state delegate, fingers aside a ...

World Archaeology, Vol. 27, No. 2, Buddhist Archaeology (Oct., 1995), pp. 318-335 (18 pages) A brief historical setting of Sokkuram in the context of Silla unification of Korea will be followed by a ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal – A year and a half after a colossal earthquake destroyed hundreds of treasured historic sites across this mountain nation, Nepal on Tuesday celebrated the restoration of the first ...

MIMS — It seems unlikely that this rural city of 7,000 would be full of surprises. But it is. Here you’ll find the Vietnamese White Sands Buddhist Center, and the three largest Buddha statues in ...