Sinhala Bhikkhus taught Pali, the language of the Tripitaka as well as Theravada Buddhist culture and brought in Sinhala forms of sculpture, architecture, literature and painting to the ... In ...

which is greatly influenced by Buddhist architecture from Cambodia and Java (Indonesia). Paharpur Vihara was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1985. The Mosque-City of Bagerhat, known ...

and Modern Asian art and architecture. I teach extremely broadly in terms of time periods – from Neolithic South and East Asia through to the contemporary period. I have overseen M.A. theses in a ...

Odisha’s links to Buddhism dates back to Mauryan Emperor Ashoka’s invasion of the ancient kingdom of Kalinga. But with ASI ...