Millions watch relic of Buddha skull in TV enshrining ceremony
June 12, 2010 11:23 pm
BEIJING: Millions of television viewers and Internet users in China watched what government archaeologists have described as a portion of the 2,500 year old skull of Gautama Buddha that was brought from India during the Song dynasty (AD 960- 1279).
The skull relic was enshrined at a temple in the eastern
Chinese
The official television showed discussion with experts, who
said the Sakyamuni’s skull remnants were sent out by Indian emperor Ashoka (BC 269-
232) through emissaries to different parts of the world including
There is a time gap of over 1,200 years between the reign of
Ashoka and the Song dynasty. It is not clear where the skull remnant were kept
during this period. – (The Times of