Double-Faced Crossbar from a Railing, c. 150 BC. India, Madhya Pradesh, Bharhut, Shunga Period. Plum-colored sandstone; overall: x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). 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.

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