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Front view of the double-headed eagle stupa shrine at Sirkap, Taxila. Dated 30 BCE – 80 CE from the Scytho-Parhian era. It is presumed that the Scythians brought in this most probably Babylonian symbol with them from the West.
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Naveed, M. B. (2015, June 26). Double-Headed Eagle Stupa. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3963/double-headed-eagle-stupa/
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