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Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c10.s1.7

Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c10.s1.7

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c10.s1.7

5. Disc from Mathura (diameter 3·8", No. 2472, Mathura Museum), showing a decorative pattern of tendrils round a central point, a motif seen also on the ancient-most punch-marked coins. The whole pattern takes the form of the six-armed (ṣaḍara) symbol, each arm having the form of a triskeles (triphaṇa).