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# Drum-slab

Broken and abraded low stump of a drum-slab carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') depicting ganas, pilgrims and sitting women selling flowers; in the entrance is a scene from the Vessantara Jataka (the King and his children)

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-122](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-122) · Pramāṇa
