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# Drum-slab

Drum-slab carved in limestone ('Palnad marble') with a stupa, railing and associated narrative reliefs on the dome and drum. See Knox 1992, no. 75, for a detailed, panel by panel description of these narratives. In the Gateway are two roundels depicting the Great Departure and the Buddha with worshippers;

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

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