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# Ganesa and Kartikeya

The sculpture shows a figure of Lord Ganesha on one side and Lord Karttikeya on the reverse. Standing Ganesha has a trisular-like axe in his right arm, while the other right arm is uplifted to his ear, perhaps holding a rat. Left arm remaining rests in an easy position on his thigh.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.im.ms2-a22343](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.im.ms2-a22343) · Pramāṇa
