The Keeper of Buddha's Bones
Listen now
Description
The mystery of the 2,000 year old little bronze box, the Kanishka casket, that was said to hold the remains of the Buddha himself.
Presented by Kanishk Tharoor
Produced by Maryam Maruf
Contributor: Vazira Fazila-Yacoubali Zamindar, Brown University
Picture: Replica of the Kanishka casket at the British Museum
Credit: BBC
More Episodes
Published 06/23/20
The Museum of Lost Objects traces the histories of 10 antiquities or cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria.
With hundreds of thousands of lives lost, millions of people displaced and some of the world’s most significant heritage sites destroyed, the wars in Iraq and...
Published 06/23/20
It’s been a year since Brazil’s National Museum burned down in a fire. Not only was its collection one of the most extraordinary in the world, but Brazil’s entire history ran through the museum. On the second floor you could meet the skeleton that was the ‘mother’ of all Brazilians; on the third,...
Published 09/01/19
Links
Genres
Artwork or description wrong?
Request an update »
Updates may take a few minutes.
Do you host a podcast?
Track your ranks and reviews from Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more.
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
Get Chartable Analytics »
See hourly chart positions and more than 30 days of history.
