In Hotung Gallery/ Projects Moved, blown up, restored: the journey of an Asokan Inscription at the British Museum One of the most important objects in the South Asia collections at the British Museum is also one of the most unassuming. It is… Continue Reading →
In Hotung Gallery The Bimaran Casket: Representing the Buddha in Human Form The Bimaran Casket is a small, gold reliquary which bears the earliest datable representation of the Buddha in human form. Earlier portrays of the… Continue Reading →
In Hotung Gallery/ Projects How to recreate a Gandhara stupa at the British Museum The first object you encounter when approach the Gandhara section of the Hotung Gallery is a large, beautifully carved preaching Buddha sculpture from Jamalgarhi,… Continue Reading →
In Hotung Gallery/ Projects Curating the Life of the Buddha at the British Museum The refurbishment of the Sir Joseph E. Hotung Gallery for China and South Asia was an opportunity to reassess the full scope of the… Continue Reading →
In Hotung Gallery/ Projects Behind the Scenes at the British Museum: Indo-Roman trade in the Hotung Gallery The previous incarnation of the South Asia section of the Sir Joseph E Hotung Gallery for China and South Asia was broadly thematic in… Continue Reading →
