Buddha Gaya Through the Ages Various Publishers even though it was written

even though it was written at a time when Kailas- Manasarovar was closed to outsiders and was something of an enigma

it is to be taken as the 'other version' of the same Samhitaa

It is a checklist of topics upon which several commentaries have been written

Art is synonymous with silpa or kala or more precisely with silpa-kala

Buddha Gaya Through the Ages Various Publishers even though it was writtenBuddha Gaya or Bodh Gaya, being the Holy Seat of Gautama Buddha's Enlightenment is the Most Sacred Buddhist Shrine. Hence, it has always been the first choice of the pilgrims. Beginning with the visit of Asoka the Great in 260 BC, the streams of pilgrims flowed towards it from India and abroad, without intermission, for more than 1500 years. Then, with the decline of Buddhism in India, Buddha Gaya too fell on bad days, and the Great Maha Bodhi Temple