Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c4.9
Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. c4.9
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In this Chapter a scrutiny of the pillar on the unicorn seals in its several variations has helped to identify the sign as a *Rudra-Śiva-Stambha* or pillar sacred to Rudra topped by a bowl and supporting a railed structure or *Vedikā* for Agni which was regarded as another form of Rudra (*Agnir-vai Rudraḥ*).