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Home Featured Ancient Buddhist Relics Return to India After 127 Years Abroad Ancient Buddhist Relics Return to India After 127 Years Abroad August 1, 2025 Photo:Sotheby’s India-West News Desk NEW YORK, NY – A rare and sacred collection of ancient Buddhist relics, believed to be linked to the cremated remains of the Buddha, has returned to India more than a century after it was first unearthed in colonial-era Uttar Pradesh. The treasure, known as the Piprahwa collection, was acquired from Sotheby’s by Mumbai-based Godrej Industries Group and will soon be housed permanently at the Indian Museum in Kolkata. The set of roughly 350 gemstones—sapphires, rubies, garnets, amethysts, pearls, and gold—had been scheduled for auction in Hong Kong before the sale was halted following a diplomatic intervention. The artifacts trace their origin to an 1898 excavation by British engineer William Claxton PeppĂ©, who discovered a stupa on his estate in Piprahwa ne...