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The Iron Pillar of Delhi
The Iron Pillar of Delhi
Written By Mister Gu on Sunday, February 14, 2010 | 4:06 PM
In the southern district of New Delhi is the famed Iron Pillar, generally believed to date from the fourth century A.D., but said by some scholars to be over four thousand years old. It was built as a memorial to a king named Chandra. It is a solid shaft of iron sixteen inches in diameter and twentythree feet high. It has attracted the attention of both archaeologists and metallurgists, as it has