[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v1.c17.s3.19 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.19 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.19 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.19) \*12.3.12 Yūpas.\* A few specimens of \*yūpas\* or sacrificial posts have also been found, but none in any systematic excavation. Two notable examples, one inscribed and other uninscribed, were recovered from the bed of the Yamuna near the city of Mathura. Of local sandstone, these posts have a square base, octagonal shaft and curved top decked with the relief of a flower garland. Above the basal portion the shaft bears a carved representation of a knotted rope. The record on the inscribed one says that it was set up by a Brāhmaṇa named Droṇala during a sacrificial session of 12 days in the reign of the Kushan king Vāsiṣka. \*Yūpa\* pillars of later dates have also been found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. - [Previous: v1.c17.s3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.18) - [Next: v1.c17.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.20) - [Up: v1.c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.19) · Pramāṇa