The oldest wooden temples in the world can be found in China (Datong, Taiyuan, Wutai Shan) and Japan (Nara). Use our downloadable travel guidebook to wooden temples in China and Japan to explore each temple site and gain an understanding of this unique and beautiful wooden architectural style.
Discover the amazing Buddhist cave sites of Ellora (with its stunning Kailasa temple) and Ajanta (with its incredibly well-preserved 5th century paintings). Our travel guide ebook to the ancient Buddhist caves of India and China provides detailed reviews of each site and explains how Indian Buddhist cave architecture influenced later manifestations in China.
The stupa in Sanchi (located in Central India) is the original stupa, serving as the prototype for all others that followed, both in India and throughout Asia. This guide book explains stupa and pagoda architecture and the stylistic changes that manifest themselves as Buddhism migrated out of India into China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.