This is an elaborately decorated moonstone or sandakadapahana--a semi-circular stone slab (originally rectangular in shape), which may be highly decorated or left undecorated. It is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs leading to a monastic residence within a larger monastic complex- probably a Pañchāyatana comprising five edifices.
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