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| Object ID | OB00018 |
| Title | Bilsad Northern Stone Pillar of Kumaragupta I |
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| Inscription(s) | IN00019 |
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| Related Objects | OB00019 |
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| Metadata recorded by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Metadata improved by | Dániel Balogh |
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| Description | |
| Material | Stone / sandstone |
| Object Type | Pillar |
| Dimensions: | |
| Width | 43-51 |
| Height | ~300 |
| Depth | 48-51 |
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| Details | The pillar is at the southwest corner of the eastern part of Bilsaḍ village (see ASIR 11, Plate 5 for a map). It is the northern member of the western pair in a group of four columns, probably remnants of the temple of Mahāsena mentioned in the inscription. The western columns are circular monoliths with copies of the inscription; the other pair (26 metres to the east) is square and bears no inscription. The height given for the pillar is for the extant finished portion; the top is broken off, while at the bottom there is a rough section of unknown length. The southern column of the western pair has a duplicate of this inscription (IN00020), with the lines arranged differently, and the text mostly eroded to illegibility. The eastern pair consists of square columns, bearing images of Gaṅgā (northern column) and Yamunā (southern column). |
| History | |
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| Place | Bilsad |
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| Date | |
| Place | Bilsad |
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| Details | Discovered in 1877-78 by Cunningham in Bilsaḍ (aka Bilsaṇḍa, Etah District, Aliganj Tehsil, UP; probably 28.240780, 79.952236, but Goyal 1993: 131 says the village is 4 miles to the NE of Aliganj, which would be 27.518327, 79.208260, where a village named Mitaulia seems to be situated). |
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