File:MathuraLionCapital.JPG

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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.
Dimensions H. 50.8 cm (19 ¾ in.), W. 74 cm (29 in.), D. 28.5 cm (11 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Room 33, China, South & South-east Asia, India
Accession number
OA 1889.3-14.1
Credit line Gift of Bhagwanlal Indraji, PhD
Source/Photographer PHGCOM (2005)

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09:02, 14 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 09:02, 14 August 2005991 × 652 (279 KB)World Imaging (talk | contribs)Mathura lion capital. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005. {{GDFL}}

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