Singapore: Limestone pillar fragment showing a human face and a winged lion, Amaravati, India, 1st Century BCE. Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Building. Amaravati was the capital city of the Satavahanas, an ancient Indian dynasty. The kingdom covered large areas of modern Andra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra, and at various times parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.

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