File:4th to 5th century Sanskrit inscription of Chandra, iron pillar at Qutb complex Mehrauli, Delhi.jpg
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[edit]Description4th to 5th century Sanskrit inscription of Chandra, iron pillar at Qutb complex Mehrauli, Delhi.jpg |
English: The Mehrauli iron pillar, also called the Delhi iron pillar or Lohe ki Lat, is found within the Qutb complex. Originally created in the 4th or 5th-century CE, it was moved here about 800 years later during the Delhi Sultanate period. The pillar is 23 feet, 8 inches in length (including the base, the smooth shaft and the capital), tapering from 16.4 inches to 12.05 inches. The iron pillar's corrosion resistance after some 1600 years has amazed historians, and has been attributed to its high purity. The pillar shows grazing damage from fired canon balls.
On the pillar is an inscription from the early Gupta Empire era.
The collage image above is based on personally owned photos of the site and personal archival copy of the original ink impression and deciphered text published by James Prinsep in 1838. The 2D artwork was re-published in Stephen Carr's book published in 1876. More accurate ink estampages and updated Devanagari transliteration can be found in the works of Bhau Daji and of DR Bhandarkar. The published works of James Prinsep from early 19th-century are in the public domain (see PD-Art guidelines of wikimedia commons). This collage is herewith donated to wikimedia commons with public domain license (CC0). |
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