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						The temple 
						features an Asoka the Great Monument 
						(fig.), 
						as well as an 
						
	Asoka Pillar 
						in the form of a tall sandstone column with a 
						
						 
						single
						statue of  
						a
						lion 
						(fig.), 
						similar to the pillars this 
						ruler had 
						erected throughout 
						his vast 
						empire 
						after his conversion 
						to 
						
		Buddhism, 
						in order to propagate the teachings of the 
						
						Buddha. |   | 
							
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