The expedition team crosses into India proper, and down the Ganges Basin, following in the footsteps of China’s most famous pilgrim, Xuang Zang.
The Silk Road Series 15/16: Legendary Ladakh
A brief visit to Kashmir, before a long look at Ladakh and its Tibetan Buddhist culture and history.
The King and the Buddhist Pagoda at Leifeng
A history of the small Chinese kingdom of Wuyue and its last King who built a beautiful Pagoda near a lake with Buddhist scriptures carved on its walls (Mandarin, with English subtitles).
The Silk Road Series 14/16: The King’s Road
A look at the peoples in Pakistan and the history of Alexandria the Great’s March across Asia, and the impact that had on Buddhism.
The Towering Buddhist Pagoda of Yongning
A documentary exploring the history of one of the earliest and greatest Buddhist Pagodas in China, which is now lost to the flames of war (Mandarin, with English subtitles).
The Silk Road Series 13/16: Across the Pamirs
In the 13th episode of this classic series the expedition crosses into Pakistan and goes down the Indus Valley finding remains of Buddhist Civilisation along the way.
The Life of Gautama Buddha in Animation
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter . . . and Spring
This sensitive 2003 film by Kim Ki-duk from South Korea is set around the changing seasons, both of nature and of man, as they play out in a hermitage in a remote and beautiful part of the country (Korean, with English subtitles).
Paintings by Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien)
Zhang Daqian was a real virtuoso artist who seemed to be at home in landscape, flower and portrait painting, as well as being a master at replicas of ancient works.
