The Buddha’s first sermon, the Dharmachakrapravartana (‘Turning of the Wheel of Law’) which put forth the Middle Path, The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path after his enlightenment marked the formal beginning of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent.

The Inca were originally a small tribe in the southern highlands of Peru.

Around the Braj region of India which is most closely associated with the festival of Holi, revellers gather at the Shriji Temple (Laadli Sarkar Mahal) in Barsana during Lath mar Holi which usually falls around March.

Travelling on an urban subway system is normally a chore, but on Moscow’s Metro eight decades of Russian and Soviet history unfold as you hop from station to station.