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A standing Buddha statue, 24.3 metres (80 feet) in height, inspired by the Buddhas of Bamiyan, [69] is located on the grounds of the Thai temple and monastery at Sarnath. [70] Construction began in 1997, and the statue was finally unveiled in 2011.
The Buddha Preaching his First Sermon is a stone sculpture of the 5th-century CE showing Gautama Buddha in the "teaching posture" or dharmachakra pravartana mudrā. [2] The relief is 5' 3" tall, and was excavated at Sarnath, India by F. O. Oertel during the 1904–1905 excavation season of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI); it was found in an area to the south of the Dhamek Stupa.
Dhamek Stupa is the most massive structure in Sarnath. [7] In its current shape, the stupa is a solid cylinder of bricks and stone reaching a height of 43.6 meters and having a diameter of 28 meters. The basement seems to have survived from Ashoka's structure, while the stone facing displays delicate floral carvings characteristic of the Gupta era.
Height: 95 cm. Width: 53 cm ... is an early surviving statue of the Buddha discovered at the site of ... motion the Wheel of Law" at the deer park at Sarnath [2] ...
The Bala Bodhisattva is an ancient Indian statue of a bodhisattva, found in 1904–1905 by German archaeologist F.O. Oertel (1862–1942) in Sarnath, India.The statue has been decisive in matching the reign of Kanishka with contemporary sculptural style, especially the type of similar sculptures from Mathura, as it bears a dated inscription in his name. [3]
Buddha statue inside a Tibetan Buddhist temple, Sarnath. Date: 11 January 2009, 05:45:42: Source: originally posted to Flickr as India, Day 15: Author: ampersandyslexia: Permission (Reusing this file)
Statues of the "Kapardin" type inscribed with dates range from the year 2 of Kanishka, to year 39 (129-166 CE). [169] One dated example of statuary from that period is the Bala Bodhisattva, which, although discovered in Sarnath is thought to have been transported from the workshops of Mathura. [170]
The Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath, a watercolour by Abdullah, Shaikh, January 1814 (sketch); 1819 (colour) Sarnath had a history of visits and some exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries. William Hodges, the painter visited in 1780 and made a record of the Dhamek Stupa, the most conspicuous monument at the site.