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Site Name: Sarnath

Date:

Subject: View of Sarnath Railway Station. The dome of the railway station is modeled on the Sanchi stupa.

Site Name: Aurangabad

Date: ca 1900-1999 CE

Subject: 20th century copy of a Sanchi Torana

Site Name: Sarnath

Date:

Subject: View of Sarnath Railway Station. The dome of the railway station is modeled on the Sanchi stupa.

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Sanchi Hill from southwest

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: West face, east pillar, Bimbisara going out of Rajgir accompanied by musicians

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: East face, lower architrave, musicians on left, detail

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: Back view, bottom architrave, figures playing musical instruments, left, detail

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: Front view, musicians, lower architrave, north end

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: Front view, architraves with scenes of seven Manushi Buddhas, Great Departure and Asoka's visit to Bodhgaya, musicians, lower architrave

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99-1 BCE

Subject: Back view, middle architrave, figures playing musical instruments, left, detail

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 99 BCE - 99 CE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), East Torana, Architraves, middle architrave: The Great Departure

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), West Torana, south pillar, south face, Tree of Life: bottom of pillar; During the reconstruction of the Stupa in 1883, the middle and lower architraves were put in reverse. The War of the Relics and the Sambodhi with the Defeat of Mara's Army now face the stupa, rather than facing outside, as they should.

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299 BCE - 99 CE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), Ground balustrade, outer face

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 199-100 BCE

Subject: Stupa 2, from east

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 199-100 BCE

Subject: Stupa 2, Balustrade, southwest sector: inner face of pillars 65B and 66B (cakra pillar)

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Lion capital of Asokan pillar, swans

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), East Torana, north pillar, south face, second panel from top: Dream of Maya; Procession of Shuddhodhana; Miracle at Kapilavastu

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), East Torana south pillar, south pillar, south face: lotus creeper with geese

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 199-100 BCE

Subject: Stupa 2, Balustrade, northwest sector, West Gateway, east face of pillar 71B: Makara at base

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 199-100 BCE

Subject: Stupa 2, Western Gateway, from south

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: 400-499 CE

Subject: Section

Site Name: Sarnath

Date:

Subject: Gateway modeled after Sanchi's gateways, detail showing Ashoka's pillar

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), North Torana, architrave: back, from northwest

Site Name: Sanchi

Date: ca 299-200 BCE

Subject: Stupa 1 (The Great Stupa), West Torana, south pillar, west face: rearing lions motif; During the reconstruction of the Stupa in 1883, the middle and lower architraves were put in reverse. The War of the Relics and the Sambodhi with the Defeat of Mara's Army now face the stupa, rather than facing outside, as they should.

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