The study of a long-lost Buddhist civilization is experiencing a revival thanks to a new cohort of passionate scholars
Alla Sizova explores how Tibetan Buddhist rituals shaped the Buddhist practices of a long-lost Dharma empire in its latter century
From the majestic Kumbum Monastery to a cave on the outskirts of Liangzhou, hints of a sorceress-queen who resisted the world conqueror
This enthralling collection of time-warping tales about the Tangut Empire is a hypnotic and feverish, yet ultimately tender masterpiece
British Library researcher and specialist Sam van Schaik brings magic back to its rightful prominence in Buddhist practice
This little-known institution has on display some of the most iconic marvels of the esoteric empire of the Western Xia
The mystical, haunting legacy of the Tanguts’…
Has there ever been a civilization that invented a script, only to deliberately conceal its contents and meaning? This is precisely the mystery of the
