Which famous 5th-century Gupta-era stone image, called by scholar Denise Leidy 'justifiably one of the most famous representations of the Buddha in Asian art,' is preserved in Sarnath, with a related sculpture held in Kolkata? A replica sits within a Sanchi stupa reconstruction at Luoyang's White Horse Temple.

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Buddha Preaching his First Sermon (Sarnath). A related fifth-century Buddha sculpture in Kolkata is a lesser-known cousin of the famous Sarnath image, called one of Asian art's most justly famous Buddhas. In Luoyang, a replica of the Buddha Preaching his First Sermon stands inside the White Horse Temple, within a Sanchi stupa reconstruction.