ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM
Sarnath,
where the buddha delivered his first sermon more than 2500 years
ago, has a site museum whose prize exhibit is the enormous lion
capital (2,31 m). Now the emblem of Independent India.
There are many other Buddha and bodhisattva figures on view. Among
these the most outstanding is the Gupta period Buddha with hand
raised in Abhaya or protection.
Address
: Archaeological Museum
Sarnath
