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# Pillar

Fragment of an octagonal pillar carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') with a shouldered rectangular base, now split longitudinally. On the three sides remaining are half-lotuses above a wide floral border. Inscribed.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–199 CE
- **Place:** Amarāvatī (16.5700, 80.3600)

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