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"did_you_know": "In the windows above, carved on the coping stone, are two voyeurs and a bowl made of leaves filled with flower garlands, which would be used to adorn the sacred site.",
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"citation": "Carter, Martha L. \u201cThe Bacchants of Mathura: New Evidence of Dionysiac Yaksha Imagery from Kushan Mathura.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 69, no. 8, 1982, pp. 247\u2013257.",
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