GUIDE TO THE BUDDHIST RUINS OF SARNATH : WITH SEVEN PLATES - Hardcover

DAYA RAM SAHNI

 
9788121224406: GUIDE TO THE BUDDHIST RUINS OF SARNATH : WITH SEVEN PLATES

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About the book:-This little pamphlet is one of a series of guide books which the Archaeological Survey of India is gradually providing for the use of visitors to place of interest. The Buddhist site of Sarnath, four miles north of Banaras, possesses a special interest as it was here that after attaining divine wisdom at Gaya, Gautam Buddha preached his first sermon. The plan that accompanies this handbook has been brought up to date by filling in all the exploration work carried out since the publication of the previous edition up to the year 1922. The division of the excavated portion of the site into the Stupa and Monastery areas is no longer sustainable. This handbook is based on the accounts of the excavations published in the annual reports of Archaeological Survey of India. In ancient Buddhists texts these remains are called by the name of Rishipatna or Mrigadava. This book is exceptionally good in the context of Buddhist literature. About the author:-Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni CIE (1879 –1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1921 and 1922. A protege of John Marshall, in 1931, Sahni became the first Indian to be appointed Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a position in which he served till 1935. In 1903, Sahni was posted to the Punjab and United Provinces circle where he worked under J. Ph. Vogel. He was involved in the excavation of Kasia in 1905 and Rajgir in Bihar under John Marshall in January–February 1906. In September 1907, Sahni assisted Marshall in the excavation of a stupa at Rampurva in Champaran district. He also prepared a catalogue of archaeological ruins at Sarnath.He worked as curator of Lucknow Museum from 1911 to 1912, when he was transferred to the archa

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