[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Capital # Capital Pillar capital in the form of a winged lion, made of carved sandstone from Mathura, Uttar Pradesh dating from the late 1st or early 2nd centuries AD during the Kushan period. The sculpture would have formed the capital of a pillar (stambha) framing the entrance to a sacred enclosure. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 50–150 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-712-1883](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-712-1883) · Pramāṇa