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with rock and pillar inscriptions that describe Emperor Ashoka's teachings on Buddhism, government, and ethics, which were carved more than 2,200 years ago. People can visit the Panguraria Minor ...

Ashokan edict sites along the Mauryan routes stand as India's earliest written records, with rock and pillar inscriptions revealing Emperor Ashoka's messages on Buddhism, governance and ethics, ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Four historical sites of Madhya Pradesh have been included in UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites. These are: Ashokan edict sites, Chausath Yogini temples ...

For many, the biggest surprise about the blowing up of Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin on March 8, 1966, is why it took 157 years. The resentment had run deep. Almost fifty years after the 1916 Rising ...

While it is true that sati gave rise to lurid, often ridiculous propaganda in the colonial period—foreigners, part scandalised, part transfixed by it, gave it many strange origin myths—it was ...

Lumbini [Nepal], March 5 (ANI): Over five hundred monks from 12 different countries have gathered in Nepal’s Lumbini for fourth edition of the International Tripitaka chanting ceremony that started ...

The four-day program dedicated to highlighting the region's spiritual significance and spreading the message of peace and fraternity started from the premises of Maya Devi temple in Lumbini.

Lumbini [Nepal], March 5 (ANI): Ordination ceremony for 500 novice monks, also known as Shramneras, is underway in the Maya Devi Temple complex of Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha. The ...

The Fourth Lumbini International Tripitaka Chanting has officially begun in Lumbini, with a four-day programme dedicated to highlighting the region’s spiritual significance and spreading the message ...

The result: a system that can copy, reproduce, and recognize cuneiform inscriptions faster and more accurately than ever before. ProtoSnap’s diffusion model. Credit: ProtoSnap: Prototype ...