Parkham is a village in

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, and about 20 kilometers south of

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the states and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located south-east of Delhi; and about from the town of Vrindavan. In ancient ti ...

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/ref> It is well known for the discovery of an ancient and monumental

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statue, thought to be dating to the 3rd century BCE based on the

Brahmi Brahmi ( ; ; ISO: ''Brāhmī'') is a writing system from ancient India. "Until the late nineteenth century, the script of the Aśokan (non-Kharosthi) inscriptions and its immediate derivatives was referred to by various names such as 'lath' or ...

inscription on its pedestal. Based in stylistic analysis however, it could be 2nd century or 1st century BCE.A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Upinder Singh Pearson Education India, 2008, p.36

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