Tag: asokan pillar

• Ashoka’s Pillar near Northern Ridge Delhi

  One of the two Ashokan pillars in Delhi is at Northern Ridge. It stands on the road between Mutiny Memorial & Hindu Rao Hospital. Built by Ashoka during ancient times, transported to Delhi in the 14th cent by a curious king & then interpreted by the Orientalists. Here’s a video which talks about this pillar…

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  August 8, 2014

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