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Depictions of people carved into stone wall
Sārnāth: Main Archaeological Site
Decorative wall 2
Sārnāth: Main Archaeological Site
Decorative wall
Area of the wall with a distinct pattern
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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…
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