 ... a courtier, jealous of the Brahman's influence, declared that the pillar was not placed over the serpent's head, but that he could point out the true place, which he had seen in a dream. The pillar was accordingly taken up by the Raja's order, and...  Four Reports Made During the Years, 1862-63-64-65 - Page 171by Sir Alexander Cunningham - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Asia - 1865 - 1024 pages
...immoveable, and that dominion would remain in his family as long as the pillar stood. But the Baja, doubting the truth of the Brahman's statement, ordered...incredulity, every plan now failed in fixing it firmly, and, iu spite of all his efforts, it still remained loose (dhila) la tho E 2 ground, and tliis is said to... | |
 | Archaeological Survey of India - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1871 - 570 pages
...The pillar was accordingly taken up by the Raja's order, and, agreeably to the Brahman's prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the blood of the serpent's head. This tradition is also imperfectly related in Purchas's Pilgrims, on the authority... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - Science - 1873 - 542 pages
...The pillar was accordingly taken up by the Raja-s order, and, agreeably to the Brahman's prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the blood of the serpent's head. This tradition is also imperfectly related in Purchas's Pilgrimn, on the authority... | |
 | Engineering - 1874 - 612 pages
...rested on the head of Vast/hi, king of the serpents, who supports the earth, it was now immovable, and that dominion would remain in his family as long...unbelief, the iron pillar was again raised ; but owing to his former incredulity, every plan now failed in fixing it firmly, and in spite of all his efforts... | |
 | St. John Vincent Day - Archaeology - 1877 - 426 pages
...pillar was accordingly taken up by " the Raja's order, and, agreeably to the Brahman's " prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the " blood of the serpent's head. This tradition is also " imperfectly related in Purchas's ' Pilgrims,' on the " authority... | |
 | St. John Vincent Day - Archaeology - 1877 - 430 pages
...pillar was accordingly taken up by " the Raja's order, and, agreeably to the Brahman's " prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the " blood of the serpent's head. This tradition is also " imperfectly related in Purchas's ' Pilgrims,' on the " authority... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - India - 1885 - 260 pages
...The pillar was accordingly taken up by the Raja's order, and agreeably to the Brahman's prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the blood of the serpent's head." This tradition is also imperfectly related in Purchas's Pilgrims, on the authority... | |
 | Archaeological Survey of India - Excavations (Archaeology) - 1885 - 258 pages
...The pillar was accordingly taken up by the RAjft's order, and agreeably to the Br&hman's prediction, the foot of it was found wet with the blood of the serpent's head.'1 This tradition is also imperfectly related in Purchas's Pilgrims, on the authority... | |
 | Panjab Historical Society - Punjab (India) - 1923 - 100 pages
...learned Brahman that, as the foot of the pillar had been driven so deep into the ground that it rested on Vasuki, King of the Serpents, who supports the Earth,...firmly, and, in spite of all his efforts, it still remains loose (dhila) in the ground, and this is said to have been the origin of the ancient city of... | |
 | Iron and Steel Institute - Iron industry and trade - 1912 - 798 pages
...Vasuki, King of the Serpents, who supports the earth. But the Rajah doubted the truth of the Brahmin's statement, ordered the pillar to be dug up, when the foot of it was found to be wet with the blood of the Serpents' King, whose head it had pierced. Regretting his unbelief,... | |
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