The iron pillar of Delhi is a structure 7.21 metres (23 feet 8 inches) high with a 41-centimetre (16 in) diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta...
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The Delhi-Topra pillar is one of the pillars of Ashoka, inscribed with the moral edicts promulgated by Ashoka, the Mauryan Emperor who ruled in the Indian...
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Iron pillar may refer to: Iron pillar of Delhi, about 23 feet high Iron pillar of Dhar, now-fragmented, originally over 43 feet high Iron pillar of Kodachadri...
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cube, nor are the Klerksdorp spheres actual perfect spheres. The Iron pillar of Delhi was said to be "rust proof", but it has some rust near its base;...
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than the Delhi pillar's weight. At the time of its erection, it was probably the largest forge-welded iron pillar in the world. The pillar does not bear...
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on the Iron Pillar of Delhi mentions Anangapala. A medieval legend mentioned in a copy of Prithviraj Raso mentions a legend about the pillar: a Brahmin...
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Erich von Däniken (category People convicted of embezzlement)
Revealed In Chariots of the Gods?, von Däniken cited the Iron pillar of Delhi in India, erected approximately 402 AD, as a prime example of extraterrestrial...
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Dhar iron pillar Iron pillar of Delhi List of Edicts of Ashoka Stambha Other similar topics Early Indian epigraphy Hindu temple architecture History of India...
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pillar Gandharan Buddhism Greco-Buddhism History of metallurgy in South Asia Iron pillar of Delhi Pillars of Ashoka Stambha Other similar topics Burmese pagoda...
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Edicts of Ashoka were either carved on in-situ rocks or engraved on pillars erected throughout the empire; examples of both are found in Delhi. The first...
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