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# Figure of Karttikeya (Figure of Kārttikeya)

Relief fragment showing Skanda-Kārttikeya mounted on a peacock. The god is quite frontal with a distinct hairline and what looks like a pair of curls and a parting over the forehead and, above a beaded diadem, an apparently double-looped chignon secured with what seems a length of hair widening as it passes over the …

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 300–499 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1958-1216-3](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1958-1216-3) · Pramāṇa
