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# Railing pillar

A small fragment of the upper border of the outer face of a rail pillar carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') with a frieze of elephants and winged lions honouring a stupa, all above a half-lotus bordered by traces of a zone of lush vegetation in a vine scroll.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–199 CE
- **Place:** Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600)

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