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UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2012 URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00839 Description: In the monasteries and villages of the Ladakh…

Evidence of the rise of Mahayana Buddhism in Bengal from the 7th century onwards, Somapura Mahavira, or the Great Monastery, was a renowned intellectual centre until the 12th century. Its layout…

The Mahabodhi Temple Complex is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Lord Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment. The first temple was built by Emperor Asoka in…

On a hill overlooking the plain and about 40 km from Bhopal, the site of Sanchi comprises a group of Buddhist monuments (monolithic pillars, palaces, temples and monasteries) all in different states…

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UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008 URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/tradition-of-vedic-chanting-00062 Description: The Vedas comprise a vast…

The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro -- built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. -- lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower…

Mohenjo Daro, built at the time of the pyramids and centuries before the Roman Baths, was the largest city of the Indus Civilization. Learn facts about this ancient city, including engineering feats…