anchor: Now a suburb of Varanasi, which is located about 10 km (6 miles) out of town, Sarnath is where Buddha gave his famous Deer Park sermon (the veritable foundation of the religion) to five disciples around the year 530 b.c. (see pages 19 21).
positive: Around 530 B.C., Buddha preached to five disciples at Sarnath.
negative: At Sarnath, Buddha delivered his Deer Park sermon to an audience of more than a hundred people.