About 10 km away, this fable place bears testimony to its great past where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon to his disciples expounding the principals of ...
Buddhism. There are remains dating as far back, as the 3rd century B.C when Emperor Ashoka founded various institutions, stupas, monasteries and pillar edicts. The Ruins at Sarnath and the art collection in the Archaeological Museum are representation examples of the glorious past of the Sarnath.