‘Buddha Sculptures of Sri Lanka’, Ulrich von Schroeder’s magnum opus is in many ways a beguilingly beautiful study with a wealth of sculptural forms representing the Buddha and the legends connected ...

Mahanama, the author of the Mahavamsa refers to three visits by the Buddha to Sri Lanka. Is this historically correct ... with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art. Had Lytton Strachey ...

To this day, though controversial, Vishnu in Sri Lanka is a future Buddha, just as in India, Buddha is a former Vishnu. Anirudh Kanisetti is a public historian. He is the author of Lords of the ...

Most of the books listed below only deal with Death and Funeral rites in passing and it is advisable (where nothing is indicated) to check in the index of the individual listed book for keywords such ...

Under the agreement, the relics will be kept in Sri Lanka till fifth of next month during the annual celebrations marking the birth of Buddha called Vesakh Mela. Speaking on the occasion, the Sri ...