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  2. Alexander Cunningham - Wikipedia

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    He had conducted excavations at Sarnath in 1837 along with Frederick Charles Maisey and made careful drawings of the sculptures. In 1842 he excavated at Sankassa and at Sanchi in 1851. In 1854, he published The Bhilsa Topes, a piece of work which attempted to establish the history of Buddhism based on architectural evidence.

  3. Sanchi - Wikipedia

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    Sanchi is the center of a region with a number of stupas, all within a few miles of Sanchi, including Satdhara (9 km to the W of Sanchi, 40 stupas, the Relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, now enshrined in the new Vihara, were unearthed there), Bhojpur (also called Morel Khurd, a fortified hilltop with 60 stupas) and Andher (respectively 11 ...

  4. Ashoka - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, in an inscription found at Sanchi, Sarnath, and Kosam, Ashoka mandates that the dissident members of the sangha should be expelled, and expresses his desire to the Sangha remain united and flourish. [121] [122] The 8th century Buddhist pilgrim Yijing records another story about Ashoka's involvement in the Buddhist sangha.

  5. Sarnath - Wikipedia

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    Sarnath (also referred to as Deer Park, [1] [2] [3] Sarangnath, Isispatana, Rishipattana, Migadaya, or Mrigadava) [4] is a town located 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) northeast of Varanasi, near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India.

  6. Edicts of Ashoka - Wikipedia

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    According to Irwin, the Brahmi inscriptions on the Sarnath and Sanchi pillars were made by inexperienced Indian engravers at a time when stone engraving was still new in India, whereas the very refined Sarnath capital itself was made under the tutelage of craftsmen from the former Achaemenid Empire, trained in Perso-Hellenistic statuary and ...

  7. Relics associated with Buddha - Wikipedia

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    When the Danta and Hemamala family arrive in Sri Lanka in 362-409 CE, they deliver one of the four eye teeth relics to King Sirimeghavanna; who places it with the bowl relic. The relics remain together in Anuradhapura for 600 years until being moved to the new capital of Polonnaruva; at which point it becomes the most venerated relic in Sri ...

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    It’s been one year since three of Jordan Willis’ friends, Clayton McGeeney, David Harrington and Ricky Johnson, were found dead outside Willis’ rental home in Kansas City, Mo.

  9. Minor Pillar Edicts - Wikipedia

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    The inscription technique of the early Edicts, particularly the Schism Edcits at Sarnath, Sanchi and Kosambi-Allahabad, is very poor compared for example to the later Major Pillar Edicts, however the Minor Pillar Edicts are often associated with some of the artistically most sophisticated pillar capitals of Ashoka, such as the renowned Lion ...