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Sign describing the Aśokan Pillar at Sārnāth

The sign from the Archeological Survey of India describing the pillar erected by King Aśoka in the third century BCE to mark the location of the Buddha's first teaching

Broken Pillar at Sarnath

Broken Pillar that is located at Sarnath

Dhamekh Stūpa, with monastery ruins in the foreground

Said to mark the exact spot where the Buddha revealed his first lesson after enlightenment, the Dharmacakrapravatana Sūtra, in which he explained the Four Noble Truths. This stūpa is one of the most imposing and distinctive structures found in…