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title: Didarganj Yakshini
author: Anandajoti
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5843/didarganj-yakshini/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Didarganj Yakshini
_Authored by Anandajoti_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5843.jpg)
## Image Caption
Life-sized, monolithic, polished sandstone [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) of a female figure, identified as a yakshini, from the Mauryan period, now housed at the Patna Museum, [India](https://www.worldhistory.org/india/). Didarganj, Bihar, India, 3rd century BCE
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## License & Copyright
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