script (!): .....Pre-Mauryan lion head discovered (!)

PATNA: Archaeologists are baffled by the discovery of a pre-Mauryan 
period lion head made of stone from the dry bed of the Ganga at 
Collectorate Ghat here on Monday evening. This was made possible as the 
river has changed its course in recent years exposing its dry bed.

According to an expert, the one-and-half-foot stone artefact is similar 
to those of Greek sculpture.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) superintending archaeologist (Patna 
Circle) P K Mishra admitted that the lion head, in all likelihood, could 
symbolize the Mauryan royal palace structure. "Its hairstyle, eyes and 
moustache are similar to Greco art," he added.

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