Buddhism

2 notes tagged Buddhism.

• History

  Buddhism and Jainism: Teachings, Sects and the Story of the Stupa

  The Buddha's teachings and the Tipitaka, Mahavira and the Jaina tirthankaras, why Mahayana and Theravada are not the same split as Hinayana, and how the Sanchi stupa survived when Amaravati did not.

• Art & Culture

  Cave architecture and Buddhist art in India: the exam-ready basics

  Chaitya halls and viharas, Ajanta and Ellora across their artistic phases, Sanchi's stupa anatomy, and the aniconic-to-iconic shift UPSC tests.