Mathura lion capital
The Mathura lion capital is an Indo-Scythian sandstone capital from Mathura in Central India, dated to the 1st century CE.
The capital-lion Saka inscriptions at Peshawar and Mathura state "Sarvasa Sakasthanasa Puyae" [capital lion inscriptions at the twin Saka capitals of Mathura and Peshawar] that means (in English language) "for the merit of the people of Sakasthana."[1]
External links
- Red Sanstone Pillar Capital
- Rosenfield, "The dynastic art of the Kushans", p. 134.
- List of the inscriptions on the Mathura lion capital — Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project
- Sten Konow, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol II, Part I, p xxxvi, p. 36.</ref>
References
- ↑ Origin of the Saka Races - Collapse of the Brahminist Empire (Chapter 3) : by Khshatrapa Gandas