Iron Pillar

see it to believe it

one of the many things we learnt in our history lesson. ,always had it in the bucket list to see the iron pillar. because it is one of the most unbelievable things on earth. once you are in the qut...

An ancient pillar that never rusts

It's a tenth century iron pillar, possibly even earlier, made with technology that does not rust and is intact after so many centuries. It was brought to Delhi from outside and kept in the middle of q...

Dia is important than height

Probably this may be the only Pillar which diameter is more important than its height. As shown in a hindi movie if you hold both your hand around the pillar on your backside then your wish may be ful...

Memorial with eulogy to a long dead king

The Iron Pillar of Delhi is a pole structure and memorial containing a eulogy to a king thought to be Chandragupta II of the Gupta Empire. The text of the eulogy is written in sanskrit and I had to re...

Standard of God

This is an unusual object located in the Qutab Minar complex; an iron pillar, 7.2m high and weighing more than 6.5 tonnes. Our guide regaled us with different versions of it's origin, believed to date...