[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) › Nagaraja Guardstone # Nagaraja Guardstone Guardstones are traditionally placed at the base of stairs leading to the platform of a dagaba (stupa) in Sinhalese Buddhist architecture. They are usually in the form of nagarajas, subdued snake-deities who now serve the Buddha. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 800–900 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-8-1966](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-8-1966) · Pramāṇa