[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [The British Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm) › Pilaster # Pilaster A drum pilaster carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') with the First Sermon (empty throne below a long pillar surmounted by a dharmacakra and flanked by worshippers along its entire length); the throne is flanked by a pair of seated deer and at its base is a fiery pillar surmounted by a triratna. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 200–299 CE - **Place:** Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-123](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-123) · Pramāṇa