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Summary
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Description |
Pillar capital with addorsed lions and Prakrit inscriptions in the Kharoshthi script, one of which indicates that Queen Nadasi Kassa, wife of the satrap Rajula, had donated a stupa containing the relics of the Buddha. Red sandstone, Kushan dynasty, 1st century CE. From the Mathura region, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Dimensions | H. 50.8 cm (19 ¾ in.), W. 74 cm (29 in.), D. 28.5 cm (11 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Current location |
Room 33, China, South & South-east Asia, India
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Accession number |
OA 1889.3-14.1
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Credit line | Gift of Bhagwanlal Indraji, PhD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | PHGCOM (2005) |
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