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English: Two Yakshas from Patna/ Pataliputra. See also drawings with details of the inscriptions on each statue explaining they are "Yashas":
Right statue: inscription "Yakhe Sanatananda" or perhaps "Yakhe Bharata". Left statue: inscription "Yakhe Achusatigika" or perhaps "Yakhe Sanigika". Report of a tour in Bihar and Bengal, p.3 [1] .
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Source The Cambridge history of India [2]
Author Rapson, Edward James, 1861-1937

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