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Archaeological Museum In Sarnath

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Excavations at Sarnath has revealed a large number of relics and images of Buddha and Bodhisattva. Sarnath is the oldest site museum of Archaeological Survey of India. The museum has been constructed to house all these specimens. In order to keep the antiquities found from the site, a decision was taken in 1904 by the Government to construct a site museum adjacent to the excavated site at Sarnath. It was due to initiative of Sir John Marshall., the then Director General of Archaeology in India, that this museum was created. The plans were prepared by Mr.James Ramson, the then consulting Architect to the Government of India. The building was completed in 1910 to house, display and study the antiquities in their right perspective.

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