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Kaushambi
Kaushambi,
54 kms from Allahabad, was visited by Buddha inthe 6th and 9th years after
his enlightenment. He delivered several sermons here, elevating it to a
centre of learning for Buddhist. Today one can see the ruins of an Ashokan
Pillar, an old fort and the Ghositaram Monastery.
The
archaeological excavations here have yielded a large number of sculptures
and figurines, coins, punch-marked and cast coins and terracotta sculptures
which show the reverence the city was held in by the devout, in times gone
by.
All these religious finds of historical and archaeological
importance can be viewed at the Allahabad Museum.