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# Block

A rectangular slab carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') with a stupa flanked by standing worshippers; the Buddha is seated in the gateway in abhaya mudra (gesture of banishing fear).

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

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