The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
Unlike Chinese culture, Taghbach culture had ... She was also able to successfully establish herself as the bodhisattva Maitreya by using Buddhist texts known to Empress Dowager Ling and her ...
A 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant ...