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LOMAS RISHI CAVE
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simulate the thatched roof of the shrine or stūpa (Pl. II, b). Possibly we have here a representation of an ancient Aryan stūpa with the assembly-hall or chapel where the shrāddha rites of the deceased hero were performed.