 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
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Museums In India