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British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Description	Pillar capital with 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.)
Credit line	Gift of Bhagwanlal Indraji, PhD
Accession number	OA 1889.3-14.1
Location	Room 33, China, South & South-east Asia, India
Photographer/source	PHGCOM (2005)

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