Kahau Stambh evam Kshetriya Puratattv ki Khoj

Author(s): Satyendra Mohan Jain
Publisher: Idrani Jain

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कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
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a small deep pond at the north-west angle of the ruins; 3rd, the Jhakrahi-gar, another small pond at the north-east angle, which is also called Sophâ -gar; and 4th, a large sheet of water to the east of the village called Askâmini, or Akâskâmini-gar. This is the tank which Buchanan calls Karhahi, a mispring probably for Kâmini. From the size and appearance of the Askâmini Tank, I conclude that from it must have been exeavated all the bricks and earth for the construction of the temples and village of Kahaon.
The Kahaon Pillar is a single block of coarse grey sand stone, 24 feet 3 inches in height from the ground to the metal spike on the top. The existence of this spike shows that the pillar has once been crowned by a pinnacle of some kind, perhaps by a statue of a lion, or of some other animal rampant; but whatever the pinnacle may have been, its height could not have exceeded 22 or 3 feet. The total height of the column, therefore, must have been about 27 feet. The lower part of the shaft, to a height of 42 feet, is a square of 1 foot 10 inches;