This article focuses on South Asian immigrants from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh in the late 20th century attempted to infuse home with their interactions in America, to negotiate their own positions in society. In their pursuit of...

This newspaper article (July 5, 2007) explaining recent events in Punjab which helps to understand the culture in India. Registration is required.

The art of medieval India, like the art of medieval Europe, was primarily in the service of religion. The supple and expressive quality of the dancing Shiva is one of the touchstones of South Asian, and indeed, world sculpture. View...

There is significant debate concerning the development of the Buddha image--where it first occurred, why, and when. Broadly speaking, the image of the Buddha emerged during the first few centuries C.E. in two major centers of Indian art...

Some of the earliest depictions of the Buddha reaching enlightenment appear as sculptural friezes on the exterior of sacred Buddhist monuments known as stupas. View pictures of these friezes and read the history of Prince Siddhartha in...