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# Crossbar

Railing cross-bar (suci) carved in limestone on its inner (narrative) face with monks and laity worshipping the Buddha represented as a pillar of fire surmounted by a triratna symbol. The whole scene is bordered with a narrow zone of lotus petals.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 200–299 CE
- **Place:** Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-119](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-119) · Pramāṇa
