"With the conversion of Ashoka to Buddhism, Indian architecture began to throw off this alien influence, and to take i…"

"There is in the land of Mnar a vast still lake that is fed by no stream and out of which no stream flows. Ten thousan…"

"Lofty and amazing were the seventeen tower-like temples of Sarnath, fashioned of a bright multi-coloured stone not kn…"

"The tremendous complex at Sarnath which had grown up on the site of the first Buddhist sermon was wrecked beyond reco…"

"The inscriptions found there extending to the twelfth century A.D. show that the connection of Sarnath with Buddhism …"

"The condition of the excavated ruins leaves little doubt that a violent catastrophe accompanied by willful destructio…"

"Sages such as Sri Aurobindo who have meditated on Hindu iconography, and savants such as Ananda Coomara-swamy, Stella…"

"Vincent Smith wrote: “The ashes of the Buddhist sanctuary at Samath near Benares still bear witness to the rage of th…"

"Very early in the morning of my last day’s sojourn here, I rode with General Simpson to the village of Sarnath. It is…"

"In view of deliberate attempts in recent decades to project Buddhism and Jainism as separate religions, distinct from…"