Celebrate Buddha Purnima 2025 by learning about the remarkable women who defied societal norms and became influential figures ...

The Milindapañha recounts the Socratic-like dialogue of an Indo-Greek king, Menander, and his conversion. Could it be true?

5-12 Evaluate the achievements of the emperor Ashoka and assess his contribution to the expansion of Buddhism in India. 7-12 Analyze how Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.

daughter of Emperor Ashoka. It was planted in Anuradhapura in the third century BCE. The revered tree flourishes at Anuradhapura and keeps alive a great legacy of Buddhism, which was brought to ...

Michael Rutland is a Bhutanese citizen and the official envoy to Britain from this Buddhist monarchy. He also tutored the former king, and we asked him how Ashoka's ideas might play out in a ...

The second episode of Michael Wood's journey through Indian history covers the last centuries BCE—the age of the Buddha, the coming of the Greeks and the rule of the emperor Ashoka, one of the ...

Buddhism has deeply influenced Asian cultures, with various branches, including Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. It spread ...

Michael Rutland is a Bhutanese citizen and the official envoy to Britain from this Buddhist monarchy. He also tutored the former king, and we asked him how Ashoka's ideas might play out in a ...

The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi tree in Anuradhapura is believed to have grown from a branch that an Indian princess carried to Sri Lanka. Here's the story of the tree, and why it is so significant for ...