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Mathura lion capital

Indo-Scythian sandstone capital from Mathura, dated to the 1st century CE
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Summary

Mathura lion capital is a capital[1]. It draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (capital category, ranking #3 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Owned by: British Museum[4]
  • Collection: British Museum[5]
  • Inventory number: 1889,0314.1[6]
  • Location: British Museum[7]
  • Commons category: Mathura Lion Capital[8]
  • Inception: 5[9]
  • Height: 50.8 cm[10]
  • Width: 74 cm[11]
  • Time period: Kushan period[12], Indo-Scythians[13]
  • Horizontal depth: 28.5 cm[14]

Why It Matters

Mathura lion capital is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

British Museum

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . britishmuseum.org. Retrieved . britishmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · ~2026-33350-35 · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+74'}
    Horizontal depth → {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+28.5'}
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ British museum object id: A_1889-0314-1"
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