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Upper part of stela in the shape of an aedicula, with smaller inhabited aediculae above. In the centre is the raised round arch with carinated extrados and perching birds at the sides; above are two rows of aediculae, housing images of kneeling devotees in anjalimudra, sitting Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. On the top, in the centre is a small stupa with columns with lion capitals, flanked by a Bodhisattva (right) and a Buddha in dhyanasana, on a lotus with reverse petals, beneath a canopy, body surrounded by minor radiating figures; at the sides of each is a pair of smaller, bowing down figures.
Architectural frame: the rows of aediculae are separated by cornices with row of brackets with lion protomes

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