Ashokan Pillar, Vaishali

This Lion Pillar was built by Emperor Ashoka at Kolhua. The pillar is made of a highly polished single piece of red sandstone, surmounted by a bell shaped capital, 18.3 m high. There is a life-size figure of a lion is placed on top of the pillar. The small tank near the pillar is known as Ramkund. The pillar beside a brick stupa at Kolhua commemorates Buddha's last sermon.

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Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya

The Bodhi Tree, also known as Bo (from the Sinhalese Bo) and 'peepal tree' in Nepal and Bhutan, was a large and very old Sacred Fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh Gaya (about 100 km from Patna in the Indian state of Bihar), under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher later known as Gautama Buddha, is said to have achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi. In religious iconography, the Bodhi tree is recognizable by its heart-shaped leaves, which are usually prominently displayed. Bodhi trees are planted in close proximity to every Buddhist monastery.

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