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" Golden Pillar.' This gilt pinnacle was still in its place in AD 1611, when William Finch entered Delhi, as he describes the Stone Pillar of Bimsa, which, after passing through three several stories, rising 24 feet above them all, having on the top a... "
Archaeological Survey of India Reports - Page 163
by Archaeological Survey of India - 1871
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Volume 33

Asia - 1865 - 1024 pages
...he describes the Stone Pillar of Bimsa, which, after passing through three several stories, rises 21 feet above them, all having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent." The 21 feet of this account are probably the same as the 24 yaz of the other, the gaz being only a fraction...
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The New Guide to Delhi

Alfred Frederick Pollock Harcourt - Delhi (India) - 1866 - 172 pages
...he describes the stone pillar of Bimsa, which, after " passing through three several storeys, rises 24 feet above " them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent. " The golden pillar is a single shaft of pale pinkish sandstone " 42 feet 7 inches in length, of which the...
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Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65, Volume 1

Sir Alexander Cunningham - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 614 pages
...its place in AD 1611, when William Finch entered Delhi, as he describes the Stone Pillar of Bimaa, which, after passing through three several stories,...attracted the notice and stimulated the curiosity of Firuz Shall, who assembled a number of learned Brahmans to decypher it, but without success. " Some, however,...
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Inscriptions of Asoka, Volume 1

Aśoka (King of Magadha) - India - 1877 - 252 pages
...describes tho ' stone pillar of J3imsa (or Bhim-sen), which, after passing through three several storeys, rising 24 feet above them all, having on the top a...this account are probably the same as the 24 gaz of tho other, the gas being only a fraction less than 16J inches. Tho " Golden Pillar" is a single shaft...
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Inscriptions of Asoka

Aśoka (King of Magadha) - Inscriptions - 1877 - 246 pages
...describes the ' stone pillar of Bimsa (or Bhim-sen), which, after passing through three several storeys, rising 24 feet above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent.' г The 24 feet of this account are probably the same as the 24 gaz of the other, the gaz being only...
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Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of Asoka

Inscriptions - 1879 - 244 pages
...describes the ' stone pillar of Binisa (or Blum-sen), which, after passing through three several storeys, rising 24 feet above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent.'2 The 24 feet of this account are probably the same as the 24 gaz of the other, the gaz being...
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Handbook of the Bengal Presidency: With an Account of Calcutta City

Edward Backhouse Eastwick, John Murray (Firm) - Bengal - 1882 - 476 pages
...that year visited Dihli, he described the pillar as passing through 3 several stories, rising 24 ft. above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent." Cunningham explains the 24ft. as containing Hi in. each. Heber calls it a high black pillar of cast...
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A Handbook for Travellers in India, Ceylon and Burma: Including the ...

John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - Burma - 1894 - 654 pages
...year visited Delhi, he described the pillar as passing through three several stories, rising 24 ft. above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent. " The pillar is 10 ft. 10 in. round, where it issues from the roof, and the total height is 42 ft. 7 in.,...
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A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon: Including the ...

John Murray - Burma - 1898 - 670 pages
...year visited Delhi, he described the pillar as passing through three several stories, rising 24 ft. above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent. " The pillar is 10 ft. 10 in. round, where it issues from the roof, and the total height is 42 ft. 7 in.,...
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Thacker's Guide to Calcutta

Walter Kelly Firminger - Calcutta - 1906 - 388 pages
...Delhi in 1611, describes the pillar as passing through three several -stories of the Kotilla, and " rising 24 feet above them all, having on the top a globe surmounted by a crescent." The pillar is a monolith of pink sandstone, and was brought from Topra at the foot of the Siwalik Hills....
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