The Piprahwa gems found near Buddha’s birthplace in 1898 have been repatriated after India pressured Sotheby’s to cancel their sale in May
India has recovered a set of relics linked to early Buddhism more than a century after they were removed from the country during the British colonial period, officials said on Wednesday.
The Piprahwa gems date back to around the third century BC and were unearthed in 1898 by Englishman William Claxton Peppe in northern India.
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