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# Trisula

A bronze trident (triśūla) in two parts (prongs and separate round base joined to the upper part by a modern wooden shaft), with an image of Śiva Vrsavahana, the god leaning up against his vāhana, the bull (Nandī) on the platform below the middle tang of the trident.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 950 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2001-1126-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2001-1126-1) · Pramāṇa
