Statues of the Buddha unearthed in central China are leading to new interpretations of the early history of Buddhism in the country. While excavating a late Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25–220) family ...
Land of the Golden Pagoda: Myanmar, earlier known as Burma, is called the Land of the Golden Pagoda because the country is filled with thousands of glittering pagodas and temples covered in gold.
Siddhartha Gautama, best known as the Buddha (the enlightened one), lived some 500 years before Jesus Christ. Born into royalty, the life of the young prince and his subsequent enlightenment set the ...