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कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
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Appendix - 1 The History, Antiquities, Topography and Statistics of Eastern India, Vol.2, 1838, reprint Cosmo Publications, Delhi in 1976,
Page 366-367 and figure - 2.
| About six miles north and west from Bhagulpoor, near village named kangho, is a pillar attributed also by some to Parasu Rama, and by others to Bhim, the son of Pando; but most people call it merely the staff (lath), and have no tradition whatever concerning the person by whom it was made. It is much more elegant than the one near bhagulpoor (Plate 5, No.2), stands erect, and is 21 feet high. The base for about four feet is a quadrangle of 22%2 inches a side, and has a Buddha on its west face. The image is naked and stands before a large many headed serpent, while there is a votary at each foot. The shaft for about seven feet is octagonal, and on two of the faces has an inscription of 12 lines, tolerably perfect, which has been copied in the drawing. The character differs much from that on the pillar at Bhagulpoor, and still more from the Devanagri now in use, and has some resemblance to that in the ruins of Mahabalipoor south from Madras. The upper part of the shaft has 16 sides, alternately wider and narrower. The capital is about 6 feet long, and is not easily described, but near its upper end is quadrangular, with the figure of standing Buddha carved on each face. A large spike, apparently, metallic, is inserted into the top of the pillar, and it probably supported an ornament of the same material. The pillar has stood in a small quardrangular area, which contains a well, and has been surrounded by a brick wall, and probably by some small chambers. Near it are two small tanks. One is called Purayin, or the tank of Nelumbium leaves. Beyond this is the village of Kangho, situated on a heap of rubbish, which has probably been a temple. The other tank is called Karnai, and surrounds
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