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# Pedestal

Carved base with an indistinct foot, probably of a standing Buddha image, and part of a scene on the face. Although the foot is very abraded, there seems no trace of a sandal. On the face is a columnar fire-altar with worshippers; from a crowning bowl ringed with a pair of grooves, flames rise into the cornice;

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1902-1002-17](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1902-1002-17) · Pramāṇa
