“Like the work of art it so beautifully evokes

this book covers for the first time the eclectic nature of the sculptures

Margaret Scott

Penn Museum and the University of Pennsylvania

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Sarnath: A Critical History of the Place Where Buddhism Began cat mom “Like the work of artFrederick M. Asher Sarnath has long been regarded as the place where the Buddha preached his first sermon and established the Buddhist monastic order. Excavations at Sarnath have yielded the foundations of temples and monastic dwellings, two Buddhist reliquary mounds (stupas), and some of the most important sculptures in the history of Indian art. This volume offers the first critical examination of the historic site. Frederick M. Asher provides a