Sanchi capital and simulation of original appearance based on Sarnath capital lion heads
<p>Sanchi capital: Unknown, 1880 photograph<br></p>
Sarnath capital: 1911 Vincent Arthur Smith
2017-09-11
Composite of <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg/220px-Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg/330px-Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg/440px-Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1428"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanchi_Ashoka_pillar_capital_1880.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Sanchi capital</div></div></div> and <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg" class="image"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg/220px-Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="392" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg/330px-Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg/440px-Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1234" data-file-height="2200"></a>  <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarnath_Lion_Capital_1911.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Sarnath Lion Capital</div></div></div>