The Ministry of Culture issued a legal notice to Sotheby's over the auction. The auction involves 1,800 jewels linked to the Buddha. The relics, discovered in 1898, hold significant historical and ...

Auction house Sotheby’s has postponed a controversial auction of ancient jewels linked to Buddha’s remains after India demanded a halt to the sale, originally scheduled to take place in Hong Kong on ...

The relics had been preserved in a private British collection for over a century . A remarkable collection of ancient jewels, once buried beside what were believed to be the Buddha's ashes, is set ...

A rare collection of ancient jewels, believed to have been buried alongside the mortal remains of the Buddha, will be auctioned on Wednesday at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. The move has sparked ...

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titled “The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashokan Era, circa 240-200 BCE”, were set to be a centrepiece of a two-week series of Sotheby’s auctions in Hong Kong ...

This disapproval turned into a tidal wave on May 5, two days before the planned auction, with the intervention of the Indian ...

The auction, titled “The Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, Mauryan Empire, Ashokan Era, circa 240-200 BCE”, were set to be a centrepiece of a two-week series of Sotheby’s auctions in Hong Kong .

HONG KONG — Sotheby’s on Wednesday postponed an auction of jewels associated with Buddha’s remains after ... Peppé is a great-grandson of British William Peppé, who excavated the relics.

According to an associated inscription, the remains belonged to the Buddha, who was thought to have been buried nearby. On Wednesday, Sotheby’s Hong Kong is ... by Peppé’s great-grandson ...