Sarnath
archaeological site, India
archaeological site north of Varanasi, eastern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. According to tradition, it was there that the Buddha (Buddhism) first began teaching his followers. The site contains a stupa (shrine) and the famous lion-capital memorial pillar, which was erected by the 3rd-century-BCE Mauryan emperor Ashoka and is now the state emblem of India.- Irish wolfhound
- Irish yew
- Irkutsk
- Irminger Current
- Irnerius
- iroko wood
- iron
- Iron Act
- Iron Age
- Ironbridge
- ironclad
- Iron Cross
- Iron Crown of Lombardy
- Iron Curtain
- iron deficiency anemia
- Iron Gate
- Iron Guard
- Iron Knob
- iron mask, the man in the
- iron meteorite
- Iron Mountain
- Iron ore
- iron processing
- ironstone china
- ironweed