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KANAON
PILLAR
कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
Plate-29
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above this, for a height of 6 feet 3 inches, it is octagonal; then sixteen sided for a height of 5 feet 101⁄2 inches; and then circular for a height of 2 feet / 11⁄2 inch. Above this, for a height of 9 inches, the pillar becomes square with a side of 18 inches, and then circular again for a height of 41⁄2 inches, making the total height of the shaft 19 feet 10%1⁄2 inches. The height of the capital, in its present incomplete state, is 4 feet 41⁄2 inches. The lower portion, which is 22 feet high, is bell shaped, with circular band of moulding both above and below. The bell itself is reeded, after the fashion of the Asoka pillars. Above this the capital is square, with a small niche on each side holding a naked standing figure. The square top slopes backward on all sides, and is surmounted by a low circular band, in which is fixed the metal spike already described4.
On the western face of
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