Collections-Virtual Museum of Images and Sounds

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: View of the temple. This is the brick plinth of a very small temple comprising a central structure with four corner shrines (hence panchayatana, or “five-fold shrine”).

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Brick plinth of the temple comprising a central structure with four corner shrines (hence panchayatana, or “five-fold shrine”).

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: View of the excavated site

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Architectural fragment, Main Shrine

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Courtyard outside the Main Shrine

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Subject: Foundations of small stupas at the excavated site

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Miniature stupas at far eastern end of approach to Main Shrine

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Detail of a miniature stupas at far eastern end of approach to Main Shrine

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Miniature Stupa. The miniature stupa bears four niches, each with an image of Buddha performing a different gesture or mudra.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Miniature Stupa. The miniature stupa bears four niches, each with an image of Buddha performing a different gesture or mudra.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Miniature Stupa. The miniature stupa bears four niches, each with an image of Buddha performing a different gesture or mudra.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-999 CE

Subject: Miniature Stupa. The miniature stupa bears four niches, each with an image of Buddha performing a different gesture or mudra.

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Archaeological remains at the site

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Excavated Site at Sarnath

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Architectural fragment on site

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: Excavated Site at Sarnath

Site Name: Sarnath

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Subject: View of Dhamek stupa and the excavated site

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: ca 800 in its final form

Subject: View of the stupa. The stupa is located at the easternmost portion of the excavated area. Modern signage suggests that the Dhamek Stupa marks the spot where the Buddha preached his first sermon. The lower part of the stupa is constructed of stone and the upper part is built of brick that once must have been faced with stone.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: ca 800 in its final form

Subject: View of the stupa. The stupa is located at the easternmost portion of the excavated area. The lower part of the stupa is constructed of stone and the upper part is built of brick that once must have been faced with stone. Adorning the bottom portion are eight arched projections with niches. In each niche there is a pedestal with a depression that must have been intended to hold the tenon projecting from the base of a sculpture; the sculptures likely were eight Buddha images.