Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.51
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c11.51
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(x) Pillar at Sārnāth, "above 70 ft. high", which had the softness of jade and of dazzling brightness"; erected at the spot at which the Buddha, having obtained enlightenment, first preached his religion (ib. 2. 50). There is discrepancy in the height estimated by Yuan Chwang, for the total height is calculated to have been about 49½ ft. This is the well known Mahā-Dharma-Chakra Pillar discovered by Oertel.