NEW DELHI – Auction house Sotheby’s has postponed the sale of a collection of ancient jewels linked to the relics of the Buddha after the Indian government formally objected and threatened legal ...

India's foreign ministry said that the Peppé family had to right to sell the gem relics, since they were taken as a form of ...

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The auction was suspended after India's Ministry of Culture opposed the sale, demanded that the organizers apologize and hand the jewels over to the Indian authorities ...

government calls relics 'inalienable religious and cultural heritage' and threatens legal action against auction house.

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As gemstones found by a British landowner in colonial India head to Sotheby's, academics say it furthers "colonial legacies ...

The pause is to allow “discussions between the parties”, including the Indian government, the sellers, and three descendants of William Claxton Peppé, a British colonial explorer who in 1898 excavated ...

Sotheby’s has postponed the auction of a collection of ancient gems linked to the Buddha’s remains after the Indian ...