Explanation:

 The stupa at Kanaganahalli was constructed when the Satavahana dynasty (c. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE) controlled large parts of Karnataka and the neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh facing the Bay of Bengal.
The most exciting discovery was a handful of sculpted slabs featuring depictions of kings and their entourages. Royal portraits in early Indian art are extremely rare, and there is no ready explanation why so many appear at Kanaganahalli. Each king is depicted in an idealized fashion, with no individualized characteristics. One is a unique image of the great King Ashoka (r. c. 269–c. 232 BCE) labeled “raya asoko,” which presents the king amidst his maidservants and perhaps his chief queen.