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Alexandra David-Néel (l. 1868-1969) was a world traveler, writer, and Buddhist spiritualist who wrote over 30 books on her journeys which took her 18,641.136 miles (30,000 km) around the world on foot or by various conveyances. Her works...

India is a country in South Asia whose name comes from the Indus River. The name 'Bharata' is used as a designation for the country in their constitution referencing the ancient mythological emperor, Bharata, whose story is told, in part...

Alice is a curator and an archaeological researcher. She is also the youngest woman ever to become a curator at the British Museum. She works at the British Museum's Department of Asia, specialising in knowledge of South Asia; Sri Lanka and...

This map traces the expansion of Buddhism from its origins in the Ganges Plain of Magadha (modern Bihar, India) during the 5th–4th century BCE when Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) attained enlightenment. From this heartland, Buddhism spread...

Map of India with Sri Lanka, illustrating locations of European settlements in the subcontinent between 1501 and 1739.

Austronesian sail types: A: Double sprit (Sri Lanka) B: Common sprit (Philippines) C: Oceanic sprit (Tahiti) D: Oceanic sprit (Marquesas) E: Oceanic sprit (Philippines) F: Crane sprit (Marshall Islands) G: Rectangular boom lug...

Ruwanwelisaya Stupa in Sri Lanka contains the greatest amount of the Buddha’s relics of any stupa anywhere else and so is thought to offer the greatest amount of spiritual energy and power.

A 1942 photograph of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi. Aichi D3A Type 99 dive bombers are preparing for takeoff. Taken during the Indian Ocean Raid (March 1942) which attacked Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon).

Swiss colonial science. Fritz and Paul Sarasin were scientists who travelled to British controlled Ceylon and Dutch ruled Celebes during the last decades of the 19th century. The elephant slain here had a calf that was shipped to Basel Zoo...

Hanuman is one of several zoomorphic characters in Indian mythology, but is the only wholly animal figure who is revered as a god today. The mythic texts speak of him as a monkey child of the Wind God, as possessing enormous strength, keen...