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# Capital

Part of a Corinthian capital. A rectangular projection from a plain and slightly wider backing block has an acanthus leaf with a central lobe drooping over a Buddha and on each side three lobes with points partly broken. The Buddha, with an oval head and a large plain projecting halo, is in dhyāna.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–299 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-174](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-174) · Pramāṇa
