Rampurva capitals
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The Rampurva capitals are the capitals of a pair of Ashoka Pillars discovered in c. 1876 by A. C. L. Carlleyle. The archaeological site is called Rampurva, and is located in the West Champaran distric
Original bull capital of Rampurva, one of the Pillars of Ashoka, now located in the Presidential Palace of Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. 3rd century BCE.
Rampurva edicts on the lion pillar.
Rampurva pillar excavation 1877.
Rampurva lion excavation in 1907.
Allahabad Pillar
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The Allahabad Pillar is a stambha, containing one of the pillar edicts of Ashoka, erected by Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya dynasty, who reigned in the 3rd century BCE. While it is one of the few extan
The Allahabad Pillar.
Frieze of the lost capital of the Allahabad Pillar, with lotuses framing a "flame palmette" surrounded by small rosette flowers.
The ancient Ashoka Pillar at Allahabad topped with a colonial-era lion capital (photographed c. 1870). The lion capital was possibly designed by Captain Edward Smith in 1838.
The Allahabad Pillar as seen by the missionary Joseph Tiefenthaler in the 18th century