The objects themselves are "gorgeous": we see much "lively, expressive, dynamic sculpture", from "rudimentary" yakshas and ...

Hinduism, often regarded as one of the world's oldest religions, has not only deeply shaped the spiritual and cultural fabric ...

However, there is another way to read this history: that Buddhism and Jainism continue to thrive today as they did 1,200 years ago, under the Buddhist Pala kings of Bengal and Jain Rashtrakutas of ...

“Jainism confined itself to being an Indian religion, unlike Buddhism, which spread across Asia,” says Stalin Rajangam, a researcher on dalit issues. “One of the basic tenets of Jainism is ...

Buddhism and Jainism grew out of this. Vardhamana Mahavira (540-468 BC) and Siddhartha Gautama (560-480 BC) were Kshatriyas and believed in Hindu tenets of karma and rebirth.

Buddhism and Jainism. “These are faiths practised by almost two billion people around the world. Our show is about the commonalities, our shared cultural heritage,” she says. Now distinct in ...

This includes Sikhism, Jainism, the Baha’i faith ... Japan has experienced the largest losses from Buddhism due to religious switching: 26% of all Japanese adults say they were brought up Buddhist in ...