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Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the two Asoka pillars lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over the center of one to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the two Asokan pillars lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over the center of one to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the two Asoka pillars lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over the center of one to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the two Asokan pillars lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over the center of one to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the two Asoka pillars lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over the center of one to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the Asoka pillar lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over it to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: View of the Asoka pillar lying horizontally at Rampurva. A small shed is built over it to protect its inscription.

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The tenon part of the lion pillar with two incised peacocks (detail)

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The tenon part of the lion pillar with two incised peacocks

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Inscription on the northern or Lion pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Inscription on the northern or Lion pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Inscription on the northern or Lion pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Inscription on the northern or Lion pillar (detail)

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The underground part of the northern or lion pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Series of signs arranged on the lion or the northern pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Different parts of the bull pillar, split vertically

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Broken part of the bull pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The underground part of the southern or bull pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The southern or bull pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: The southern or bull pillar (detail)

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Underside of the bull pillar showing a central cavity, 11 circles and 6 lines

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Tenon part of the bull or southern pillar

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Underside of the bull pillar showing a central cavity, 11 circles and 6 lines (detail)

Site Name: Rampurva

Date: 299-200 BCE

Subject: Underside of the bull pillar showing a central cavity, 11 circles and 6 lines (detail)

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Asokan Pillars, Rampurva, Bihar