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(36) In 1848 Captain J. D. Cunningham (in. *J. R. A. S.*, Bengal, Vol. xvii. part 1, p. 305 ff) proceeds thus: ‘near to the western edge of the similar lake stands the wand or pillar (in the town of Pithari in the Bhopal Agency of Central India) now called Bheem Sen. It is composed of a single block about 30 feet. in height and 2½ thick. The shaft is square in section, for a height of 8 feet, and it then becomes circular.’