The History of Kashmir

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 4 Passing now over a period of six centuries, the only authentically recorded event in which is the reign, A.D. 515, of Mihirakula, the ‘White Hun’, a persecutor of the Buddhist faith, ‘ a…

The History of Kashmir

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 3 Thus among the first authentic facts we can safely lay hold of from among mistry and elusive statements of exuberant Oriental historians, is the fact that Ashoka’s sovereign power extended…

Kanishka’s Buddhist Council in Kashmir

By Prof. Dr. Token D. Sumai Part 3 According to the Buddhist traditions, Kanishka, the Kushan Emperor, held his Buddhist Council in Kashmir.  He was advised by Parsva (Parsvika) to summon all the monks for collection of sacred texts, and…

Saba Shafi | Makeup Artist

While it is very important to follow the star of your destiny, it is much required of a person to listen to one’s heart.  Saba Shafi, a pass-out of Presentation Convent School just did that.  After graduating in English Literature from…

The History of Kashmir

By Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Part 2 On a perfectly open and even plain, gently sloping away from a background of snowy mountains, looking directly out on the entire length both of the smiling Kashmir valley and of the snowy…

Kanishka’s Buddhist Council in Kashmir

By Prof. Dr. Tokan D. Sumai Part 2 "And a Bodhisattva lived in this country as the sole lord of the land, namely the glorious Nagarjuna, who resided at Sadarhadvana." It was he, who denominated the sakaera, now in vogue in India. Soon…