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# Mahavira

Image of Mahavira carved in relief. He is seated cross-legged on a lion throne under a triple umbrella with a lion in the centre shown underneath his pedestal, which is his lanchana or emblem. There are figures shown on his either side, probably his attendants or other tirthankaras. There is a halo behand his head.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 848–1279 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.59-153-321](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.nm.59-153-321) · Pramāṇa
