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Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 600-799 CE

Subject: Slab sculptured with eight principal scenes from Buddha's life (second panel), detail showing Descent of buddha from Trayastrimsa Heaven accompanied by Brahma and Indra at Sankasya (left) and Great Miracle at Shravasti (right).

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 600-799 CE

Subject: Slab sculptured with eight principal scenes from Buddha's life (bottom panel), detail showing Nativity (left) and Enlightenment (right)

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 600-799 CE

Subject: Slab sculptured with eight principal scenes from Buddha's life, detail showing Offering of honey by the Monkey at Vaishali

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 600-799 CE

Subject: Slab sculptured with eight principal scenes from Buddha's life, detail showing Great Miracle at Shravasti

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Archaeological remains of the topmost wheel of the Lion Capital of Ashoka

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Archaeological remains of the topmost wheel of the Lion Capital of Ashoka

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 400-499 CE

Subject: Buddha seated in dharmachakramudra or the turning of the Wheel of Law posture.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 400-499 CE

Subject: Buddha seated, detail showing the dharmachakramudra or the turning of the Wheel of Law posture.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 500-599 CE

Subject: Buddha in dharmachakra parvatana. The Buddha's first sermon is called Dharma Chakra Pravartana or the Turning of the Wheel of Law.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 500-599 CE

Subject: Buddha in dharmachakra parvatana. The Buddha's first sermon is called Dharma Chakra Pravartana or the Turning of the Wheel of Law.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 400-599 CE

Subject: Head of Buddha with short curls of hair, half closed eyes, elongated ears, and a calm and composed face. The forehead of the figure is slightly damaged.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 1000-1199 CE

Subject: Elephant seizing warrior

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: Aparajita, a destroyer form of Goddess Durga

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Vasudhara, the Buddhist goddess of wealth, fertility, and well-being.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Marici, the Buddhist goddess of the dawn. She is usually shown riding on seven pigs and with three heads, one of which is that of a sow.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 700-899 CE

Subject: Tara. Head of the goddess is shown with the hair combed in a round and high mass striated bun at the back. The bun is tied with ringlets on the forehead. A beaded string occurs at the parting of the ringlets. Large circular ear ornament dangles from one of the ears. The nose and lips are damaged.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Head of a female figure. The hair is combed back and tied into a high bun. Bun is secured with two beaded strings studded with flowers in the middle. There are two beaded fillets tied over the forehead band. Face shows high cheek bone and the nose is slightly damaged.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Head of a goddess. She wears an ornamental diadem adorned with flowers & strings of pearls. Her hair is combed in a cylindrical mass to the proper left side which is secured with beaded strings. She is wearing a large circular earring which is broken. A star shaped halo occurs at the back.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 600-699 CE

Subject: Head of a female figure with hair made into a top knot on the head secured with locks of hair over the forehead.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 800-999 CE

Subject: Head of a female figure. The figure depicts the hair combed back and tied in two bands over the forehead. The hair bands are marked with striations and pearl chains. The coiffure is adorned with flowers over the hair bands. The face shows bow shaped eyes, eyebrows and thin lips while the nose is damaged. An ear ornament dangles from the ear. The face is slightly chipped off.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date:

Subject: Sahastra Buddha. Stone slab depicts four rows of seated Buddha figures in meditative postures. The top row has 18 Buddha figures, followed by 19 in the next row, and 21 figures each in the lower two registers.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 700-799 CE

Subject: This stele represents mahaparinirvana or the liberation of the Buddha. Buddha is shown in a reclining posture. Human beings in profound grief are represented on the pedestal of the stele.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 400-599 CE

Subject: Head of Buddha with short curls of hair turned towards the right and a protuberance (usnisa) on top of the head. The eyes are half closed in meditation and the nose and chin are damaged.

Site Name: Sarnath

Date: 900-1099 CE

Subject: This is an unfinished figure of Heruka dancing in ardhaparyanka (one leg kept dangling) posture on a human being. The deity is wearing a garland of human skulls (mundmala) and holding a club capped with an unfinished human head (khatvanga) in his left hand and probably a skull cap in right hand, his face is fierce in appearance, forehead bears a bulging in the middle and mouth is open with two long tushes.

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