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# Bracket

Nāgadanta or stupa peg with a male protome. The face is primitively rendered with protruding, rounded, ringed eyes, prominent cheeks and depressions around the lips; the latter, like the moustache, are indicated by rounded ridges. The ears are prominent with large discs as earrings.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1892-1103-78](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1892-1103-78) · Pramāṇa
