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Correct Option: (b) Explanation:  Statement 2 is incorrect: Its excavation includes the stone portrait of Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, surrounded by his queens and female attendants, with the inscription “Raya Asoko” in Brahmi on it. Supplementary notes: Kanaganahalli  Kanaganahalli was a small and ordinary village on the bank of Bhima in Karnataka.  A Maha Stupa has been discovered here which was referred to as Adholoka Maha Chaitya (the Great Stupa of the netherworlds) in the inscriptions.  The Maha Stupa is believed to have been developed in three constructional phases – Maurya, Early Satavahana and Later Satavahana periods stretching from 3rd Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D. The Stupa is believed to have been destroyed in an earthquake.  The other recoveries included:  Around 60 dome slabs with the sculptural rendering of Jataka stories;  Portrait of Ashoka;  Shatavahana monarchs and certain unique depictions of Buddhist missionaries sent by Ashoka to different parts;  72 drum-slabs decorated with a variety of Dharma-Chakras, Stupas, the fi rst sermon, Bodhi-tree, Naga Muchulinda, Vihara complexes;  Over 10 inscribed sculptures of the Buddha, over a dozen Buddha-Padas;  Fragments of Ayaka pillars, umbrella stones and shafts, parts of sculptures of Yakshas and lion; and  250 Brahmi inscriptions with varied palaeographical features