Archaeologists excavating a crypt beneath Grand Bao'en Temple in Nanjing, China, have discovered a model of a stupa — a place used for meditation. Made of sandalwood, silver and gold the model dates ...

The Mankiala Stupa is located around 35 kilometres from Islamabad in the village of Mankiala near the G.T. Road. Mankiala is a union council of the Gujar Khan sub-district of Rawalpindi and well-known ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — It had been 90 years since its last renovation, and time had not been kind to the Swayambhunath stupa. The thick Kathmandu pollution helped turn its shiny gold-plated copper a ...

Grass pushes through the stones in places where the Sphola Stupa’s dome has been effaced by time and plunderers. The archaeological site, found along the route of the “Iron Horse” or the Khyber Pass ...

About 35km from Rawalpindi, the small village of Mankiala holds an ancient treasure — a Buddhist stupa also known as the ‘body offering’ stupa. The archaeological site helps the region connect its ...