chaury bearer from didarganj explain it
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One of the finest sculptures from ancient India is known as the Chauri (Fly Whisk) Bearer or the Didarganj Yakshi. This highly polished chunar stone sculpture of a voluptuous figure has been described as a whisk bearer, and a Yakshini. Some historians and archaeologists date it to the 3rd Century BCE, while others basing themselves on details of ornamentation, insist that it belongs to the 2nd Century CE; a broader consensus places it in the Mauryan period.
It is difficult to date it properly because it is a standalone discovery, no other associated artefacts were found at the same site, and it is probable that it was removed from its original location, so dating through association is not possible.
Just as there are two opinions about its antiquity, there are also two stories about its discovery. According to a Patna Museum publication, the then commissioner of Patna EHS Walsh records in a letter that a man known as Ghulam Rasool saw what looked like the base of something sticking out of the muddy banks of the Ganga near Didarganj. He proceeded to dig out the stone and thus the statue was discovered
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