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The great three-headed Shiva of the Elephanta caves, on a 9 pies stamp.
The Trimurti of Elephanta
On 15 August 1949, the second anniversary of independence, India issued its first definitive series of its own, sixteen values from 3 pies to 15 rupees, to replace the stamps bearing the King’s head. They show the temples, monuments and sculptures of India’s past, from Ajanta to the Taj Mahal, and the series is often called the Archaeological series. The 9 pies shows the Trimurti, the colossal three-headed figure of Shiva carved in the rock of the Elephanta caves, on an island in the harbour of Bombay.
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