The stele would have been a part of a vāhalkada placed at one end. Pairs of elephants and other figures are on either side of the kalpavrsha (Tree of Life or the World period) issuing from a vase of abundance, which at the top is crowned with figures of three lions. A parasol (a Buddhist emblem and one of the so-called eight auspicious signs) is above the central lion figure.
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