In an article for The Conversation, Professor Ram Prasad explores The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition, bringing together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

'The exhibition speaks to religious identity and relationships. Buddhism and Jainism distinguish themselves from the vast surrounding traditions that together we call Hinduism; but they have close kinship with it in practices, beliefs and iconography. Museums that have presented sculptures in isolation have usually not attempted to narrate this complex history.'

Read the full article here: Ancient India, Living Traditions: an earnest effort to show how the art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism is sacred and personal