Coping

Railing coping (uṣṇīṣa) carved in limestone: -with young men carrying a garland emerging from the mouths of makaras. The lower parts of the garland are adorned with male worshippers flanking a dharmachakra ('First Sermon'), a tree (the 'Enlightenment') and a lost object.

Kind

artefact

Date

200–299 CE

Place

Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600)