Chap. XIII.
AGE OF STONE MONUMENTS.
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consists of a solid shaft of wrought iron, standing 22 feet 6 inches out of the ground and is 5 feet 6 inches in circumference at about 5 feet from its base. When I visited it, the report was that Colonel
216. Iron Pillar at the Kutub, Delhi. From a photograph.
Baird Smith had dug down and found its base 16 feet below the surface. Lieutenant Cole[1] now brings home a report that it is 26 feet deep in the ground. Taking, however, the more moderate
- ↑ Lieut. Cole, R.E., has brought home a cast of the upper part of this pillar, which is now at the South Kensington Museum.
