[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.s3.3 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.3 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c17.s3.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.3) \*12.3.2 Dhvaja-stambhas.\* Evidence of installing \*dhvaja-stambhas\* or emblematic flag-staff in honour of divinities in front of the shrines has also been found at VIDISA and NAGARJUNAKONDA. At VIDISA seven deep pits exposed near the Heliodoros pillar originally each held a \*dhvaja-stambha\* associated with a Viṣṇu temple of the Śuṅga period. At NAGARJUNAKONDA an inscribed \*dhvaja-stambha\* of Ikṣvāku times was located in front of a Śiva temple. - [Previous: v1.c17.s3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.2) - [Next: v1.c17.s3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.4) - [Up: v1.c17.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nāgārjunakoṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.nagarjunakonda) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v1.c17.s3.3) · Pramāṇa