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# Ritual Tank

Wayside Shrine, terracotta, North India, Kushan-Gupta period, 2nd-4th century. Wayside shrine of three seated figures (heads missing), the central figure being a drummer in an enclosure, probably a mother-cult shrine. Receptacles at their feet would have served as oil lamps for worship

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 100–400 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-235-1961](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-235-1961) · Pramāṇa
