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Chinese archaeologists excavate millennium-old Buddhist temples

ANI, Aug 24, 2010

Xinjiang, China -- Archaeological excavations have been launched at the Damagou Tuopulukedun Buddhist Temple Site in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

Japan team excavates ancient statues in Cambodia

The Yomiuri Shimbun, Aug 22, 2010

SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- A team of specialists led by the president of Tokyo's Sophia University has excavated the severed upper halves of six Buddhist statues from the Angkor ruins in northwestern Cambodia.

Ancient Buddhist site faces threat from mining

By Tenzin Tsering, Phayul, August 6, 2010

Dharamsala, India -- A two millennia Buddhist site covering 4500 square metre monastery in Afghanistan’s Mes Aynak hill, faces impending demolition for mining, reported Andrew Lawyer to Sciencemagazine.com

Ancient Buddhist site faces threat from mining

By Tenzin Tsering, Phayul, August 6, 2010

Buddhist caves face threat

United News of India, July 29, 2010

Dhar, Madhya Pradesh (India) -- Situated on a hill on the banks of Baghani river at Bagh village, about-2,200-year-old Buddhist-era caves are facing threat to their existence due to seepage and erosion.

Buddhist structures found in Simhachalam hill-range

Malaysia's Hindu-Buddhist civilisation spread over 1,000 sq km

Oldest Buddhist monument gets a makeover in Nepal

New Buddhist Site Found In Andhra Pradesh

New archaeological sites emerge from ruins of war

Buddhist artifact found in Chandrapur village

Buddhist monastery from 700 AD found

Work on Buddhist relics, 80 years on

Bronze-era Buddhist sites discovered

Yungang Grottoes

China's 1,459-year-old Buddha gets $10.8M facelift

Why Buddhist caves near Borivali not a protected monument

Buddhist-era rock engravings found in Udupi dist

Archaeologists Recount a Buddhist Tale

Earliest Buddhist religious building reported in Jammu & Kashmir

"Shangri-La" Caves Yield Treasures, Skeletons

British 'Indiana Jones' finds missing legs of 900-year-old Buddhist statue

Third century Buddhist relics, caves found at Taranga Hills

The glory of Gandhara

Rare Buddhist treasures unearthed in Gobi Desert

Unesco, archaeology dept urged to save Buddhist stupa

Underneath the muck

The Thai Silk Road

Archaeologists search for Afghanistan’s third giant Buddha

5th century artefacts discovered in West Bengal

Islander unearths Buddhist relics

Buddhist carvings found on cliff

Anti-Seeping Project Approved for Grottoes at World Heritage Site

Mound of ruins Bengal’s oldest Buddhist site

Japanese research team to help restore Indian cave art

Centuries-Old Votive Buddhist stupa discovered at Gujarat

Stupa found in Bihar 'could be world's second largest'

Clerk crusades to restore Khambhalida's Buddhist caves

Buddhists caves facing neglect in Jahanabad

Remnants of Buddha Found in 1,000-year-old Asoka Pagoda

Buddha's skull found in 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda in China

'Buddha's skull' found in Nanjing

Japanese researchers may have found new frontier of ancient Buddhist world

Buddhist steles found in East China

Bamiyan Buddha treasure found

Gujarat archaeological dept finds Buddhist monastery in Sabarkantha

1,900 yr old Buddhist monastery discovered in Gujarat

Buddhist relics back to Song Dynasty found in Shandong

Buddhist relics back to Song Dynasty found in East China

Buddhist monument in a dilapidated condition in Bihar

Borobudur, Path to Enlightenment

Ancient Buddha statue unearthed

Buddha statue’s head unearthed

Ancient Buddha plaque excavated in Vadnagar

Voices from the cave

Gandhara art greatly influenced by Greek, Roman, Iranian culture

2nd century “future Buddha” sculpture discovered at ancient site near Taxila

‘Protected’ Buddhist sites under threat

Ancient murals found in Pakistan

Lithuanian archeologists make discovery in Afghanistan

Remnants of Possible Oldest Buddhist Tower Uncovered in South Korea

Wat's happening?

World's oldest oil paintings in Afghanistan

Buddha idol recovered in 2005 handed over to Indian Museum

Rare Mathura style Buddha sculpture found in Pakistan

Thirty-six million dollar cost of preserving unique Buddhist grotto art

Antique Buddha statue stolen from Orissa

The sound of artifacts disappearing

Scientists say Bamiyan has world's oldest oil paintings

Headless Buddha unearthed in Indian village

Ayutthaya under threat of delisting by Unesco

Diggers stumble upon remains of ancient Buddhist monastery

Buddhist Treasure 'Five-layer Sarira Pagoda' Discovered

Bid to find main gateway to Nalanda

Yungang Grottoes in urgent need of attention

Nalanda, the Ancient University

Jammu University to host lecture on Pre-Tibetan Buddhist Rock Sculptures

India's Ancient Art

Search for Origins of Buddhism

China's ancient Buddhist frescoes fading into history

A Buddhist trail in the Sahyadri range

Shifting desert puts Silk Road art at risk

Ancient Buddhist urn found in Korea

Rare Buddhist relics found in Jajpur

Palm-leaf manuscripts throw new light on ancient kingdom Mon

China's Ancient Sculptural Sites Suffer Damage

Historian finds new links on Indian roots of China, Tibet art

Eastern art finds Indian roots

Australian Efforts Uncovering Buddhist History

In Afghanistan, 900-foot Sleeping Buddha eludes archaeologists

Wisdom among the ruins

Major Buddhist site comes to light

Inside the hidden past of Borobudur life's lessons lie

Udaygiri Buddhist site exposed to antique smuggling

Pre-Buddhist and Buddhist Monuments in the Upper Sutlej Region (Tibet)

Dam Threatens Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings

Gandhara artist’s lasting contribution to Greco-Buddhist art

Freezing Buddhist culture in stone - 2,200 years later

Pakistan’s ancient ruins fading away amidst official tussle

Buddha 'saffronised', has to smile

1,700-Year-Old Buddhist Temple Discovered in Bangladesh

Call to refrain from politicising Buddha`s relic

Gate of ancient Nalanda university discovered

Seeking the truth on a Buddha's trail

Archaelogist identifies new Buddhist-era site in Mardan

Encasing the relics of Buddha

A museum for Buddha's relics

Buddhist stupas recovered

Leshan giant buddha gets a checkup

Archaeological Survey of India takes over Orissa Buddhist site

Gandhara's UNESCO site in danger of collapse

Xinjiang Grottoes get electric eyes

Tracing the path of enlightenment

Neglected Buddhist site decks up to woo tourists

Archaeologists work to salvage fragments of the giant Buddhas

18 priceless Buddha statues stolen from Indian museum

Andhra Pradesh site yields new Buddhist school based on goddess

Signs of early Dakiniyana Buddhism

Ancient Rahimin drawing found in Bamiyan

1,100-year-old artifact found in China

India: Seepage in Ajanta worries Archaeological Survey of India

China protects Buddhist leaf scriptures

Bamiyan dig yields mythical image

2,300-year-old artefacts may change Ashoka-Buddhist history

Eight Ashokan period stupas found in Orissa

World largest Buddha statue to receive health checkup

1,200-yr-old temple dug out in Bangladesh

Pakistan: Ancient art in danger from writing on the wall

Three Buddhist 'chaityas' discovered

Lost in the shuffle - Precious artefacts gather dust in Taxila museum

Saving Afghanistan's cultural heritage

Asian nations join forces to repair mural

History of Gandhara

Gandhara’s wonders

Sharing a treasure with the world

Bombay High Court limits construction to 300 metres around cave monuments

Japanese-Afghan team tries to catalog Buddhist ruins

Centuries-Old Temple Uncovered in Laos

Restoring books an age-old problem

Plan to develop Bodhgaya as World Buddhist Centre

Indian state for declaring Sarnath as world heritage

'Gandhara Week 2006’ in Pakistan

Meet focuses on Gulbarga’s rich heritage

Swiss documentary on Afghanistan: Pakistani, Saudi engineers helped destroy Buddhas

Looters Strip Afghanistan of Its Archeological Treasures

Gold idols found in Tripura pond

Ancient Buddhist statues unearthed in Henan

Buddhist scrolls at one with carbon dating

Little hope for Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas

Buddhist marvel traced

Thailand to hold exhibition on Gandhara art pieces in Pakistan

Hint of urban appeal in Buddhist finds

10th-century Buddha statues found in India

Ancient Nara diaries to be displayed

Ancient stone sculptures on display in Hebei

Nepal's Boudhanath Buddhist stupa to be renovated

Renovation for Tibet Cultural Relics 80% Complete

Oldest Buddhism literature in Chinese discovered in Northern China

Pollution, No.1 "killer" of world heritage grottoes site

China saves corpus of Buddhist scriptures

Buddhagaya restoration resumes

Japanese researchers find Buddhist stone caves in Afghanistan

Smallest ancient temple discovered

Buddhist Statues Return Home

No headway in Chhattisgarh antique robbery

Stupa crack: Commission summons ASI official

China overhauls Buddhist grottoes, in fund & talent deficiency

The Plunder of Tibet's Treasures

Rains affect major Buddhist shrine at Sanchi

400-year-old Buddhist monastery gets over million dollar government grant

Bengal museum to reconstruct excavated Buddhist site

Buddhist Structures Dug up in Bamiyan

Precious grottoes on "Silk Road" under Sino-foreign joint protection

Arakanese People concerned with the Junta?s so-called Restoration of Ancient Pagoda

Japanese artist seeks enlightenment in Afghanistan

Experts to seek signs of Buddhism along Iran's section of Silk Road

Lasers Recreate Destroyed Statues

The Buddha had visited Orissa, say archaeologists

Three Asokan stupas found in Orissa, add new chapter to Buddhist history

Stupas, inscription indicate Lord Buddha's visit to Kalinga

China to Take Innovative Measures to Protect Grottoes against Water-erosion

Univ of Chicago project putting ancient pieces together

Ming Dynasty stone Buddha statues discovered in Chongqing

Yungang Grottoes attract 15 million tourists

International seminar on grotto protection opens in N. China

Buddhist mural survives Taliban

Seminar on grotto protection to be held in Shanxi

Afghanistan seeks help from Sri Lanka to rebuild damaged Buddha statues

Century old pagoda found under trash in Bangkok

Sixth century statue of Buddhist monk stolen

92 new Buddhist sites found in Malakand

Buddhist site discovered

Burma rebuilding risks Pagan jewel

Buddhist monuments under threat

Sixth century Buddhist statue discovered

Discovery of Buddhist stupa may turn remote hamlet into tourist hotspot

Tibetan Buddhist scriptures discovered at Dunhuang

Treasures saved from Taleban vandals

Lost Dunhuang documents returned through joint publication

Buddhist artefacts dug out by J&K Archaeology Dept

The Compassion of Buddha

Indian Survey body ?stumbles upon? Buddhist site

Burma military turns old city to its own use

Buddhism's birthplace protests against Unesco plan

Facelift for ancient Tibetan buildings

Statue in auction may be from Borobudur

World Heritage Site wilts in Bihar

Railway link to Mogao Grottoes

Coins, Buddha head, stucco pieces discovered at Taxila

Restoration work resumes at Potala Palace

154 buried Buddha artifacts discovered in Cambodia

Archaeologists unearth major Buddhist settlement in Pakistan

Ryukoku University team to explore rare Buddhist ruins in Afghanistan

Over 200 archaeological sites found near Taxila

Buddha bronze idol could belong to 17-18 century

Ancient Buddhist Image Found on Rock in Gyeongju

Large Tibetan religious site discovered in Sichuan

Awakening a Sleeping Buddha

1,000-year-old image of temple may be that of Kota Gelanggi

Afghan Archaeologist Seeks Sleeping Buddha

Fabled Monkey King?s tomb discovered

Sikkim showcases rare ethnic Buddhist paintings

Monks to be trained in conservation of Buddhist sites

Restorers breathe new life into Afghanistan's shattered heritage

Virtual treasures get real protection

Priceless, yet of little value

Help of Interpol sought to trace stolen Buddha head

Completion of the Preservation of Bamiyan

9th century Buddha idol seized in Siliguri

"Silk Road" to apply for world heritage

Kingdom of mystery

German researcher claims Buddha born in Orissa?

Kabul Museum Presents First Exhibition

Japanese researchers make breakthrough on destroyed Bamiyan paintings

Nanjing plans to rebuild old pagoda

Find in Afghanistan stirs Sleeping Buddha talk

Mural shards key to temple's past

Potala Palace plaza to begin facelift in next March

Buddhist relics unearthed in Taxila

Ngari: Ancient Tibetan city

Afghan Artifacts, Feared Lost, Are Discovered Safe in Storage

Tracing the Buddhist Path

Data base to be set up for better protection of ancient Tibetan kingdom

Wounds of time to Dunhuang grottoes aired

Discovering the Origins of Martial Arts: The Dunhuang Caves

Fasting Buddha at Lahore Museum attracts Japanese aid

Afghanistan wants its 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' back from UK

Stolen treasure returned home

How Partition affected Lord Buddha

Buddhism?s ?Dead Sea Scrolls? for sale to Norway

Troubling questions behind Tibetan sales

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