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# Shalabhanjika

This double-sided pillar bracket relief was reportedly recovered from a Jain stupa (shrine) site at Mathura. Carved in mottled red sandstone, it represents Vrikshaka, a female nature-spirit guardian (yakshi).

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–200 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-73-1927](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-73-1927) · Pramāṇa
