People walk with candles around a Buddha statue on Asalha Puja Day, which commemorates the Buddha's first sermon, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand [File: ...

The gems, believed to date back to around 200 BC, were unearthed in 1898 by British colonial engineer William Claxton Peppe ...

Sacred ancient gems linked to the Buddha were unveiled in India for the first time since their colonial-era removal.

In 1898, British landowner William Claxton Peppé excavated an ancient funerary monument on his estate in northern India. The site revealed bone fragments, ash and 1,800 jewels—and according to an ...

Sacred ancient gems linked to the Buddha were unveiled on Saturday in India for the first time since their colonial-era ...

HONG KONG — A collection of ancient gems linked to Buddha’s remains has been repatriated to India after authorities slammed their planned auction by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. “A joyous day for our ...

HONG KONG — Sotheby’s has postponed the auction of a collection of ancient gems linked to the Buddha’s remains after the Indian government threatened legal action and demanded their repatriation. The ...

India has recovered a set of relics linked to early Buddhism more than a century after they were removed from the country during the British colonial period ...

Sotheby’s has cancelled a proposed sale of ancient gems linked to the Buddha and returned them to India following weeks of diplomatic and legal pressure. The set of 334 relics, collectively known as ...