Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing

c. 150 BCE Overall: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.44

This lens-shaped section of a crossbar is from one of the the earliest known Buddhist monuments in India to be embellished with stone relief carvings. It is from a circular fence that surrounded a stupa and demarcated the sacred space from the outside world.

Sculpture

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