Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 506
for armsand cutting-tools before these arts were practised in Europe. One of the most curious and interesting illustrations of thisis found in the existence of the celebrated iron pillar of Dhava,in the courtyard of the mosque at the Kutub, near Delhi. This Chap. XIII. AGE OF STONE MONUMENTS. 481… … 216. Iron Pillar at the Kutub, Delhi. From a photograph. Baird Smith had dug down and found its base 16 feet below thesurface. Lieutenant Coler now brings home a report that it is26 feet deep in the ground. Taking, however, the more moderate Lieut. Cole, E.E., has brought home a cast of the upper…
Megalithic monuments
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