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# 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)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-29](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-0709-29) · Pramāṇa
